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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12324200 Clark Fork at Deer Lodge MT

Powell County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°23'51.54", Longitude 112°44'33.14" NAD83
Drainage area 1,001  square miles
Gage datum 4,502.2 feet above NGVD29
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)

Instan-
taneous
dis-
charge,
ft3/s
(00061)
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)

Hard-
ness,
water,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00900)


Calcium
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00915)

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


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)

Gage
height
above
datum
meters
(30207)

Dis-
charge,
instan-
taneous
m3/s
(30209)

Transit
rate,
sampler
minimum
ft/s
(50014)


Transit
rate,
sampler
ft/s
(50015)

Transit
rate,
sampler
maximum
ft/s
(50016)


Site
visit
purpose
code
(50280)		 Suspnd.
sedimnt
sieve
diametr
percent
<0.0625
mm
(70331)

Sampler
nozzle
mater-
ial,
code
(72219)

Sampler
nozzle
di-
ameter,
code
(72220)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
concen-
tration
mg/L
(80154)		 Sus-
pended
sedi-
ment
dis-
charge,
ton/d
(80155)		 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)		 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 13:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 80.0 5.5 11.0 204 16 2.85 476 M  8.5 8.3 220 63.9 14.6 8.9 10.3 0.039 0.10 5.3 12.6 125 11.7 0.106 0.90 35.6 22.8 5.5 11 0.87 5.8   0.4   1001 86 3 5 4 2.2 1.70 10 3044 200 2 474     40241 30529 30522   20269   20264 10044
2018-03-27 14:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 84.0 4.5   392 17 3.18 475 M  8.4 8.1 200 58.7 13.0 8.2 16.6 0.091 0.26 8.0 66.8 852 15.3 0.116 6.05 114 25.7 8.4 51 0.97 11   0.6   1001 66 3 5 36 38 3.20 10 3044 200 2 479     40246 30505 30551   20270   20264 10044
2018-04-17 15:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 82.0 7.0 9.0 397 16 3.15 454 M  8.3 8.2 191 54.8 13.1 8.6 15.4 0.062 0.93 6.9 39.3 704 15.5 0.139 5.21 132 26.2 6.9 46 0.96 11   0.5   1001 70 3 5 21 23 2.50 10 3044 200 2 463     40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20276 10044
2018-05-08 15:15
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 101 14.0 22.0 996 4   315 0.00001 8.0 8.0 134 39.9 8.27 17.5 46.7 0.076 0.83 17.0 234 3600 57.1 0.426 27.3 315 29.5 8.5 169   28 0.3   0.6 1001 59 3 5 178 479 4.60 20 3054 200 2 323 30.00 30 40246 30569 30551 30541 20291   20280 10044
2018-05-22 15:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 103 14.0 19.5 1320 4 4.24 280 0.00001 8.0 8.1 121 36.1 7.47 18.9 36.4 0.124 0.47 19.7 134 1880 65.6 0.441 16.5 127 23.1 13.6 95 1.29 37 0.4   0.7 1001 52 3 5 92 328 4.90 20 3054 200 2 284   10 40254 30569 30551 30541 20291 20286 20280 10044
2018-06-06 07:35
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 106 7.0 9.0 1460 5 4.40 250 0.00002 7.6 8.0 106 32.3 6.17 30.9 31.5 0.329 0.36 86.4 87.1 1310 49.5 10.4 10.8 103 106 64.0 68 1.34 41 0.3   0.5 1001 36 3 5 96 378 4.90 20 3054 10 2 255     40254 30576 30600   20291 20286 20280 10044
2018-07-17 15:10
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 83.0 17.0 25.0 402 17 3.31 340 0.00001 8.2 8.2 150 45.0 9.03 17.8 23.2 0.069 0.14 9.8 26.5 310 15.1 0.109 2.26 48.0 20.3 5.3 19 1.01 11   0.3   1001 62 3 5 12 13 3.00 10 3044 200 2 342     40254 30576 30645 30542 20315 20286 20280 10052
2018-08-14 15:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 85.0 19.0 27.0 150 17 2.62 439 M  8.5 8.4 203 59.9 12.8 18.0 18.8 0.077 0.09 9.6 14.4 78.2 17.4 0.113 0.66 26.1 17.7 4.3 7 0.80 4.2   0.2   1001 79 3 5 3 1.2 1.40 10 3044 200 2 440     40254 30511 30645 30635 20315 20273 20280 10055

Water Quality Remark Code Description
M Presence verified but not quantified