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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12323800 Clark Fork near Galen MT

Deer Lodge County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°12'29.67", Longitude 112°46'02.46" NAD83
Drainage area 656  square miles
Gage datum 4,749 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
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 7
Buffer
lot
number
(99173)
0.45 um
capsule
filter
NWIS
lot
number
(99206)
2016-10-18 12:05
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 40.0 6.0 10.0 80 20 1.94 434 M  8.4 8.3 190 55.0 12.9 9.9 12.5 0.030 0.04 4.2 5.4 57.7 9.6 0.040 0.29 25.8 10.1 < 2.0 4 0.59 2.3   0.3   1001 78 3 5 1 0.22 1.50 10 3044 200 2 437   40218 30452 30458 30444 20157 20184 10040
2017-03-21 11:15
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 35.0 4.5 8.0 203 17 2.42 391 M  8.5 7.9 161 47.3 10.4 10.0 12.6 0.037 0.14 4.1 12.6 376 26.8 0.127 2.56 107 39.5 3.9 18 0.74 5.7   0.5   1001 84 3 5 12 6.6 2.60 10 3044 200 2 388   40218     30368 20237 20184 10036
2017-04-18 12:10
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 30.0 7.0 14.5 155 15 2.24 405 M  8.3 8.0 168 49.3 10.9 9.8 12.7 < 0.030 0.11 2.9 11.8 315 23.5 0.093 1.77 140 74.6 3.4 15 0.68 4.4   0.4   1001 85 3 5 9 3.8 2.10 10 3044 200 2 400 40 40231     30469 20237 20184 10036
2017-05-09 12:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 35.0 10.0 14.0 278 17 2.64 286 M  8.6 8.1 119 35.6 7.21 14.1 17.3 0.035 0.16 4.7 17.7 468 26.1 0.117 2.68 142 47.0 < 2.0 17 0.80 7.9   0.5   1001 76 3 5 21 16 3.20 10 3044 200 2 282   40231     30469 20237 20184 10036
2017-05-23 12:15
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 35.0 13.0 23.0 337 17 2.84 315 M  8.9 8.4 127 38.5 7.40 14.6 16.9 0.076 0.17 6.9 16.2 288 15.6 0.084 1.53 98.7 49.3 3.1 19 0.87 9.5   0.4   1001 75 3 5 9 8.2 3.50 10 3044 200 2 316   40224 30512 30522   20237 20184 10036
2017-06-13 12:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 43.0 9.0 9.0 725 4 3.83 319 0.00001 7.9 7.8 131 38.8 8.37 26.3 33.8 0.052 0.27 8.0 41.9 1270 66.8 0.252 5.74 179 65.8 5.4 35 1.17 21 0.5   0.7 1001 55 3 5 59 115 4.50 20 3044 200 2 317   40224 30512 30522   20237 20184 10044
2017-07-11 11:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 35.0 15.5 21.0 186 17 2.40 273 M  8.9 8.6 123 36.8 7.48 15.5 16.5 0.032 0.06 3.9 6.8 95.5 17.8 0.070 0.42 45.6 25.6 < 2.0 5 0.73 5.3   0.4   1001 90 3 5 3 1.5 2.60 10 3044 200 2 273 10 40237 30529 30522 30444 20237 20221 10044
2017-08-15 14:00
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 40.0 16.5 22.5 69 10 1.94 363 M  9.0 8.7 163 47.7 10.6 15.3 15.8 < 0.090 0.05 3.4 5.5 77.3 13.7 0.087 0.43 48.9 23.5 < 6.0 3 0.59 2.0   0.2   1001 76 3 5 4 0.75 1.40 10 3044 200 2 359   40237 30529 30522 30541 20237 20210 10044

Water Quality Remark Code Description
< Less than
M Presence verified but not quantified