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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12323840 Lost Creek near Anaconda MT

Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°09'40.77", Longitude 112°53'37.67" NAD83
Drainage area 26.5  square miles
Gage datum 5,100 feet above NAVD88
Output formats
Parameter Group Period of Record table
Inventory of available water-quality data for printing
Inventory of water-quality data with retrieval
Tab-separated data, one result per row
Tab-separated data one sample per row with remark codes combined with values
Tab-separated data one sample per row with tab-delimiter for remark codes
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Sample
Datetime		 Time
datum 		 Time
datum
reliability
code 		 Sample
Medium
Code 		 Agency
Collecting
Sample,
Code 



Stream
width,
feet
(00004)


Temper-
ature,
water,
deg C
(00010)


Temper-
ature,
air,
deg C
(00020)



Dis-
charge,
ft3/s
(00060)
Number
of
sam-
pling
points,
count
(00063)



Gage
height,
feet
(00065)		 Specif-
ic
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
uS/cm @
25 degC
(00095)		 Hydro-
gen
ion,
water,
unfltrd
calcd,
mg/L
(00191)
pH,
water,
unfltrd
field,
std
units
(00400)
pH,
water,
unfltrd
lab,
std
units
(00403)

Carbon
dioxide
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00405)

Organic
carbon,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00681)

Hard-
ness,
water,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00900)		 Noncarb
hard-
ness,
wat flt
lab,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00905)


Calcium
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00915)

Magnes-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00925)


Sodium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00930)


Sodium
adsorp-
tion
ratio
(00931)
Sodium
frac-
tion
of
cations
percent
(00932)

Potas-
sium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00935)

Chlor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00940)


Sulfate
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00945)

Fluor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00950)

Silica,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L as
SiO2
(00955)


Arsenic
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01000)


Arsenic
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01002)


Cadmium
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01025)


Cadmium
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01027)


Copper,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01040)
Copper,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01042)
Iron,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01045)


Iron,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01046)


Lead,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01049)
Lead,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01051)		 Manga-
nese,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01055)

Manga-
nese,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01056)


Zinc,
water,
fltrd,
ug/L
(01090)
Zinc,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01092)		 Alka-
linity,
wat flt
fxd end
lab,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(29801)

Gage
height
above
datum
meters
(30207)



Dis-
charge,
m3/s
(30208)


Transit
rate,
sampler
ft/s
(50015)


Site
visit
purpose
code
(50280)		 Turbdty
white
light,
det ang
90+/-30
corrctd
NTRU
(63676)		 Dis-
solved
solids,
sum of
consti-
tuents,
mg/L
(70301)
Dis-
solved
solids,
water,
tons/
acre-ft
(70303)		 Suspnd.
sedimnt
sieve
diametr
percent
<0.0625
mm
(70331)



Sample
purpose
code
(71999)

Sampler
nozzle
mater-
ial,
code
(72219)

Sampler
nozzle
di-
ameter,
code
(72220)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
concen-
tration
mg/L
(80154)		 Vel-
city
at
point
in
stream,
ft/s
(81904)


Sam-
pling
method,
code
(82398)



Sampler
type,
code
(84164)
Sample
split-
ter
type,
field,
code
(84171)
Bottle
or bag
sampler
mater-
ial,
code
(84182)		 Specif.
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
lab,
uS/cm @
25 degC
(90095)

Type
of
repli-
cate,
code
(99105)		 Type
of
sample
related
QA
data,
code
(99111)		 1 mL
4.5 N
H2SO4
preser-
vative
lot
number
(99156)		 2 mL
7.7 N
HNO3
preser-
vative
lot
number
(99159)		 100
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99161)		 500
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99163)		 750
uS/cm
KCl
conduct
stand-
ard lot
number
(99164)


pH 10
Buffer
lot
number
(99171)


pH 4
Buffer
lot
number
(99172)


pH 7
Buffer
lot
number
(99173)
0.45 um
capsule
filter
NWIS
lot
number
(99206)
2017-10-24 08:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 6.00 3.5 -1.0 6.5 12 2.64 223 0.00001 8.1 8.1 1.8 1.75 112 4 33.6 6.75 2.99 0.12 5 1.50 0.75 8.94 0.42 12.6 5.1 6.0 < 0.030 0.05 1.6 3.3 67.4 17.3 0.042 0.23 3.5 1.69 < 2.0 2 108 0.80 0.18 0.1 1001 < 2.0 132 0.18 67   3 5 2 1.50 10 3045 50 3 222     40236 40241 30529 30522   20269   20264 10044
2018-03-27 07:55
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 6.50 2.0 3.5 5.7 14 2.60 228 0.00001 8.2 8.1 1.4 0.93 115 5 34.5 6.87 3.29 0.13 6 1.36 0.90 10.8 0.43 12.7 3.6 4.2 < 0.030 0.04 1.3 3.4 76.3 < 10.0 0.022 0.25 4.2 1.04 < 2.0 2 109 0.79 0.16 0.1 1001 < 2.0 136 0.19 91   3 5 4 1.60 10 3045 50 3 228     40236 40246 30505 30551   20270   20264 10044
2018-04-17 07:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 7.00 2.5 -1.0 7.9 14 2.70 219 0.00001 7.9 8.1 2.8 1.59 106   31.4 6.75 3.01 0.13 6 1.29 0.86 10.6 0.43 12.4 3.6 4.2 < 0.030 0.05 1.7 5.5 144 12.3 0.027 0.50 7.3 1.62 < 2.0 3 107 0.82 0.22   1001 < 2.0 131 0.18 75   3 5 5 1.70 70 3045 50 3 223 30.00   40258 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20276 10044
2018-05-08 07:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 10.0 4.5 9.0 36 10 3.89 140 0.00002 7.7 7.9 2.7 4.40 66.2 0.0 20.7 3.56 2.05 0.11 6 1.20 0.62 6.76 0.33 12.3 5.0 7.8 < 0.030 0.15 4.0 28.4 1060 44.5 0.115 3.83 36.2 3.47 < 2.0 13 65.9 1.19 1.0 0.3 1001 E 15 87 0.12 51   3 5 65 2.30 10 3045 10 2 143   10 40258 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20280 10044
2018-05-22 07:15
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 7.00 5.0 10.5 49 14 4.34 142 0.00001 7.9 8.0 1.6 3.24 70.3 2 21.6 3.96 2.11 0.11 6 0.99 0.58 5.68 0.27 11.5 4.5 6.0 < 0.030 0.08 2.6 12.4 534 24.0 0.051 1.95 13.8 1.91 < 2.0 7 67.9 1.32 1.4 0.3 1001 E 5.3 87 0.12 25   3 5 54 2.80 10 3044 10 2 144     40258 40254 30569 30551 30541 20291 20286 20280 10044
2018-06-05 09:30
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 8.00 6.5 16.5 63 1 4.63 133 0.00001 7.9 8.0 1.4 3.05 64.6 0.0 20.5 3.27 1.92 0.10 6 0.94 0.57 5.21 0.26 10.8 5.8 6.5 < 0.030 0.07 2.7 9.9 390 23.0 0.057 1.25 12.4 2.69 < 2.0 6 63.9 1.41 1.8 0.4 1001 E 6.3 82 0.11 48   3 5 28 3.00 30 3044 10 2 135     40258 40254 30505 30600 30542 20291   20280 10044
2018-07-17 07:35
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 6.00 9.0 19.5 22 12 3.31 215 0.00001 8.0 8.1 1.9 1.47 105 2 32.5 5.83 2.85 0.12 6 1.09 1.04 8.60 0.33 11.5 5.2 5.5 < 0.030 0.03 1.4 3.6 115 15.1 0.031 0.38 8.4 4.09 < 2.0 3 104 1.01 0.63 0.1 1001 < 2.0 126 0.17 59 40.00 3 5 5 1.90 10 3044 10 2 217     40258 40254 30576 30645 30542 20315 20286 20280 10052
2018-08-14 07:55
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 9.00 8.5 11.0 18 18 3.17 233 0.00001 8.1 8.2 1.7 1.08 110   33.7 6.38 2.61 0.11 5 1.07 1.02 9.73 0.36 11.3 4.6 5.0 < 0.030 0.04 1.2 5.4 183 17.3 0.042 0.62 10.9 3.41 < 2.0 3 113 0.97 0.52 0.2 1001 E 2.1 134 0.18 74   3 5 7 2.10 10 3044 10 2 235     40258 40254 30511 30645 30635 20315 20273 20280 10055

Water Quality Remark Code Description
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