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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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Questions or concerns about USGS data and data products in Montana and Wyoming can be directed to the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center Data Management Section.

UPDATED July 25, 2022: The following stations are part of a short-term project and are scheduled to be discontinued on September 30, 2022 if alternative funding can not be secured.
  • 06192900 Dugout Creek near mouth, near Willsall, MT
  • 12355342 Hallowat Creek above Kletomus Creek, near Olney, MT
  • 12355347 Big Creek below Lookout Creek, near Apgar, MT

Please contact the Wyoming-Montana Science Center for more information.

USGS 06306300 Tongue River at State Line nr Decker MT

Big Horn County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 10090101
Latitude  45°00'32.89", Longitude 106°50'09.40" NAD83
Drainage area 1,451  square miles
Gage datum 3,429 feet above NGVD29
Period of record
Begin Date End Date Samples
1985-10-16 2022-06-29 447
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Parameter
Code		 Count Begin
Date		 End
Date		 Parameter Code Complete Name
00004 127 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Stream width, feet
00010 428 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
00011 3 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Temperature, water, degrees Fahrenheit
00020 413 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Temperature, air, degrees Celsius
00025 295 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Barometric pressure, millimeters of mercury
00028 247 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Agency analyzing sample, code
00032 23 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Cloud cover, percent
00035 22 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Wind speed, miles per hour
00041 28 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Weather, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) code
00060 4 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Discharge, cubic feet per second
00061 433 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Discharge, instantaneous, cubic feet per second
00063 131 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Number of sampling points, count
00065 384 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Gage height, feet
00076 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Turbidity, water, unfiltered, nephelometric turbidity units
00095 435 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
00191 299 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Hydrogen ion, water, unfiltered, calculated, milligrams per liter
00300 290 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
00301 286 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation
00400 299 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
00403 290 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 pH, water, unfiltered, laboratory, standard units
00405 284 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Carbon dioxide, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
00419 92 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Acid neutralizing capacity, water, unfiltered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), field, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
00447 38 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Carbonate, water, unfiltered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), field, milligrams per liter
00449 7 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Bicarbonate, water, unfiltered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), laboratory, milligrams per liter
00450 32 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Bicarbonate, water, unfiltered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), field, milligrams per liter
00452 47 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Carbonate, water, filtered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), field, milligrams per liter
00453 76 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Bicarbonate, water, filtered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), field, milligrams per liter
00572 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Biomass, periphyton, ash weight, grams per square meter
00573 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Biomass, periphyton, dry weight, grams per square meter
00600 59 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
00605 140 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Organic nitrogen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00607 6 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Organic nitrogen, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00608 128 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Ammonia (NH3 + NH4+), water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00610 13 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Ammonia (NH3 + NH4+), water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00613 141 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitrite, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00618 140 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitrate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00625 53 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Ammonia plus organic nitrogen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00630 13 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00631 188 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitrate plus nitrite, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
00660 141 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Orthophosphate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as PO4
00665 158 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
00670 4 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Organic phosphorus, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
00671 141 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Orthophosphate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
00681 30 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Organic carbon, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00694 6 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Carbon [inorganic plus organic], suspended sediment, total, milligrams per liter
00900 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Hardness, water, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
00904 89 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Noncarbonate hardness, water, filtered, field, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
00905 272 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Noncarbonate hardness, water, filtered, lab, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
00915 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Calcium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00925 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Magnesium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00930 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sodium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00931 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, number
00932 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sodium fraction of cations, water, percent in equivalents of major cations
00935 302 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Potassium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00940 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Chloride, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00945 301 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sulfate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00950 289 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Fluoride, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
00955 290 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Silica, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as SiO2
01000 205 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Arsenic, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01002 186 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Arsenic, water, unfiltered, micrograms per liter
01005 121 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Barium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01007 186 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Barium, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01010 109 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Beryllium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01012 169 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Beryllium, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01020 61 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Boron, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01022 44 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Boron, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01025 121 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Cadmium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01027 136 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Cadmium, water, unfiltered, micrograms per liter
01030 97 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Chromium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01034 136 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Chromium, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01035 25 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Cobalt, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01040 120 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Copper, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01042 136 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Copper, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01045 116 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Iron, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01046 186 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Iron, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01049 121 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Lead, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01051 135 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Lead, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01055 116 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Manganese, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01056 205 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Manganese, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01057 17 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Thallium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01060 17 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Molybdenum, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01065 113 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nickel, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01067 136 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nickel, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01075 37 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Silver, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01080 61 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Strontium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01085 17 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Vanadium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01090 118 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Zinc, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01092 136 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Zinc, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01095 17 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Antimony, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01105 155 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Aluminum, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
01106 122 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Aluminum, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01130 49 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Lithium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01145 121 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Selenium, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
01147 186 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Selenium, water, unfiltered, micrograms per liter
01300 21 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Oil and grease, severity, code
01305 22 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Suds or foam, severity, code
01320 20 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Floating garbage, severity, code
01325 22 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Floating algae mats, severity, code
01330 20 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Odor, atmospheric, severity, code
01340 20 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dead fish, severity, code
01345 19 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Floating debris, severity, code
01350 19 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Turbidity, severity, code
22703 17 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Uranium (natural), water, filtered, micrograms per liter
29801 273 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Alkalinity, water, filtered, fixed endpoint (pH 4.5) titration, laboratory, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
30207 384 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Gage height, above datum, meters
30208 4 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Discharge, cubic meters per second
30209 433 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Discharge, instantaneous, cubic meters per second
31625 11 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Fecal coliforms, M-FC MF (0.7 micron) method, water, colony forming units per 100 milliliters
39036 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Alkalinity, water, filtered, fixed endpoint (pH 4.5) titration, field, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
39086 96 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Alkalinity, water, filtered, inflection-point titration method (incremental titration method), field, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
39720 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Picloram, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
39730 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 2,4-D, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
39740 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 2,4,5-T, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
39760 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Silvex, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
49570 6 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Particulate nitrogen, suspended in water, milligrams per liter
49954 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Biomass, periphyton, ash free dry mass, grams per square meter
50015 20 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Transit rate, sampler, feet per second
50280 33 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Site visit purpose, code
50286 5 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Mercury, water, unfiltered, nanograms per liter
62359 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Pheophytin a, periphyton, milligrams per square meter
62854 6 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, filtered, analytically determined, milligrams per liter
62855 101 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, unfiltered, analytically determined, milligrams per liter
63675 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Turbidity, water, unfiltered, broad band light source (400-680 nm), detection angle 90 +-30 degrees to incident light, nephelometric turbidity units (NTU)
63676 53 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Turbidity, water, unfiltered, broad band light source (400-680 nm), detectors at multiple angles including 90 +-30 degrees, ratiometric correction, NTRU
70300 193 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dissolved solids dried at 180 degrees Celsius, water, filtered, milligrams per liter
70301 298 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dissolved solids, water, filtered, sum of constituents, milligrams per liter
70302 299 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dissolved solids, water, short tons per day
70303 303 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dissolved solids, water, filtered, short tons per acre-foot
70331 245 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Suspended sediment, sieve diameter, percent smaller than 0.0625 millimeters
70950 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Biomass to chlorophyll ratio, periphyton, number
70957 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Chlorophyll a, periphyton, chromatographic-fluorometric method, milligrams per square meter
71845 13 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Ammonia (NH3 + NH4+), water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as NH4
71846 128 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Ammonia (NH3 + NH4+), water, filtered, milligrams per liter as NH4
71851 141 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitrate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrate
71856 141 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitrite, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrite
71886 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as PO4
71887 13 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrate
71890 18 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Mercury, water, filtered, micrograms per liter
71900 18 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Mercury, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
71999 64 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sample purpose, code
72104 108 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sample location, distance downstream, feet
72105 6 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sample location, distance upstream, feet
72219 5 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sampler nozzle material, code
72220 5 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sampler nozzle diameter, code
80154 252 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter
80155 248 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day
81904 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Velocity at point in stream, feet per second
82052 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dicamba, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
82183 10 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Dichlorprop, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter
82398 312 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sampling method, code
84164 300 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sampler type, code
84171 109 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Sample splitter type, field, code
84182 6 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Bottle or bag sampler material (construction), code
90095 291 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
90410 234 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Acid neutralizing capacity, water, unfiltered, fixed endpoint (pH 4.5) titration, laboratory, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
91157 29 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Suspended sediment, sediment mass recovered from whole water sample, dry weight, grams
91165 28 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Suspended sediment, between 0.063 and 4 mm sieve diameter, sediment mass analyzed for particle size fractions, dry weight, grams
99100 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Type of blank solution, code
99101 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Source of blank solution, code
99102 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Type of blank sample, code
99105 15 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Type of replicate, code
99111 97 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Type of quality assurance data associated with sample, code
99159 3 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Nitric acid NWIS lot number, 7.5-7.7 N, 2 mL, National Field Supply Service (NFSS) stock number Q436FLD
99163 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Conductance standard NWIS lot number, 500 uS/cm KCl, National Field Supply Service (NFSS) stock number Q45FLD
99165 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Conductance standard NWIS lot number, 1000 uS/cm KCl, National Field Supply Service (NFSS) stock number Q47FLD
99166 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Conductance standard NWIS lot number, 2500 uS/cm KCl, National Field Supply Service (NFSS) stock number Q49FLD
99171 2 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 pH 10 Buffer solution, NWIS lot number, National Field Supply Service (NFSS) stock numbers Q122FLD, Q123FLD
99173 3 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 pH 7 Buffer solution, NWIS lot number, National Field Supply Service (NFSS) stock numbers Q126FLD, Q127FLD
99200 1 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Lot number, first, inorganic-grade water, number
99206 3 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 NWIS lot number, capsule filter, 0.45 micron
99870 46 1985-10-16 2022-06-29 Julian date, in-bottle digestion, ddd
 
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