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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)

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)

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)

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


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,
ton/d
(70302)
Dis-
solved
solids,
water,
tons/
acre-ft
(70303)		 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)		 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)


pH 10
Buffer
lot
number
(99171)


pH 7
Buffer
lot
number
(99173)
0.45 um
capsule
filter
NWIS
lot
number
(99206)
2016-10-18 07:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 7.00 5.0 0.0   6.1 14 2.58 230 0.00001 8.0 8.2 2.0 1.40 114 3 34.0 7.04 3.52 0.14 6 1.46 0.82 9.29 0.44 13.0 6.3 6.3 0.030 0.03 1.6 2.2 41.2 13.6 0.040 0.13 1.8 0.98 < 2.0 < 2 111 0.79   0.17 0.1 1001 < 2.0 136 2.24 0.18 63 3 5 1 0.02 1.30 10 3045 50 3 232     40200 40218 30452 30458 20157 20184 10040
2017-03-21 07:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 6.00 3.0 3.0 5.2   12 2.53 213 0.00001 8.1 8.1 1.6 1.39 104 2 31.2 6.31 2.73 0.12 5 1.27 0.75 9.95 0.43 11.3 3.8 4.3 < 0.030 0.06 1.6 5.4 128 9.4 0.023 0.60 6.7 0.77 < 2.0 3 102 0.77 0.15   0.1 1001 < 2.0 125   0.17 78 3 5 8   1.30 10 3045 50 3 212     40182 40218     20237 20184 10036
2017-04-18 07:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 6.00 4.0 4.0 4.9   12 2.51 225 0.00001 8.0 8.1 1.9 1.24 107 2 31.8 6.73 2.95 0.12 6 1.27 0.79 10.2 0.45 11.4 3.7 4.4 < 0.030 0.06 1.5 4.6 108 11.8 0.023 0.47 5.5 1.17 < 2.0 2 105 0.77 0.14   0.1 1001 < 2.0 128   0.17 69 3 5 5   1.10 10 3045 50 3 222 30.00 30 40221 40231     20237 20184 10036
2017-05-09 07:35
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 5.00 5.0 6.5 2.7   1 2.34 174 0.00002 7.7 7.9 3.0 3.78 82.6 1 24.9 4.94 2.35 0.11 6 1.19 0.56 7.19 0.35 11.4 4.7 5.1 < 0.030 0.06 3.3 8.2 136 14.1 0.045 0.67 5.5 1.47 < 2.0 4 81.3 0.71 0.08     1001 E 2.5 102   0.14 75 3 5 5   0.70 30 3045 50 3 172   10 40236 40231   30522 20237 20184 10036
2017-05-23 07:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 8.00 7.0 10.0 4.8   16 2.48 183 0.00001 7.9 8.0 2.3 2.92 85.6 0.0 26.2 4.91 2.38 0.11 6 1.07 0.56 7.21 0.36 11.1 4.6 4.9 < 0.030 0.06 2.3 5.6 127 14.1 0.033 0.57 6.0 1.04 < 2.0 3 85.6 0.76 0.14   0.1 1001 E 2.7 105   0.14 78 3 5 6   1.00 10 3045 50 3 181     40236 40224 30512 30522 20237 20184 10036
2017-06-13 07:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 8.00 6.5 6.0 35   16 3.93 139 0.00002 7.8 7.8 1.9 7.10 66.3 3 20.3 3.81 2.27 0.12 7 1.38 0.56 5.77 0.30 10.7 10.7 17.1 < 0.030 0.27 7.7 56.6 2040 78.6 0.234 7.85 51.2 7.11 2.5 28 63.3 1.20 0.99   0.4 1001 23 83   0.11 39 3 5 130   2.90 10 3045 50 3 137     40236 40224 30512 30522 20237 20184 10044
2017-07-11 07:40
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 5.00 10.0 15.0 4.1   10 2.48 223 0.00001 8.0 8.1 2.1 2.36 109 1 33.7 6.11 3.18 0.13 6 1.24 0.74 7.41 0.39 11.9 7.8 7.6 < 0.030 0.03 2.3 3.6 50.2 16.3 0.054 0.19 3.1 1.38 < 2.0 < 2 108 0.76 0.12     1001 < 2.0 130   0.18 64     1   1.00 10 3070 50 3 221     40236 40237 30529 30522 20237 20221 10044
2017-08-15 07:50
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 10.0 9.0 11.0 9.1   20 2.77 234 0.00001 8.2 8.2 1.5 1.40 114 2 34.5 6.73 2.92 0.12 5 1.33 0.72 7.97 0.40 12.4 1.9 7.2 < 0.030 0.04 1.7 5.0 129 20.5 < 0.020 0.43 7.4 0.96 < 2.0 < 2 112 0.84 0.26   0.1 1001 < 2.0 134   0.18 74 3 5 4   1.50 10 3045 50 3 228     40236 40237 30529 30522 20237 20210 10044

Water Quality Remark Code Description
< Less than
E Estimated