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Water Quality Samples for Montana

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USGS 12324680 Clark Fork at Goldcreek MT

Powell County, Montana
Hydrologic Unit Code 17010201
Latitude  46°35'23.96", Longitude 112°55'43.37" NAD83
Drainage area 1,774  square miles
Gage datum 4,172.8 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)



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)

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,
m3/s
(30208)

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)



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)

Sus-
pended
sedimnt
mass,
grams
(91157)		 Suspnd
sedimnt
mass
between
63 um &
4 mm,
grams
(91165)

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)		 Lot no.
first,
inor-
ganic
grade
water,
number
(99200)
0.45 um
capsule
filter
NWIS
lot
number
(99206)
2018-10-17 08:20
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 104 4.0 -3.0 497 15 4.66 416 0.00001 8.2 8.3 190 55.5 12.5 8.1 8.9 0.050 0.12 5.0 14.4 206 14.2 0.085 1.38 49.8 12.7 6.3 15 1.42 14   0.5   1001 84 10.00 3 5 9 2.62 10 3044 200 2 419 0.0118 0.0019 30.00 30   40267 30576 30645 30635 20291   20280   10055
2019-03-27 08:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 120   6.0 1300 8 5.63 344 0.00002 7.8 8.1 141 41.5 9.01 14.8 73.8 0.139 1.94 46.3 498 11400 144 0.643 62.0 890 60.0 19.6 421 1.72 37   0.7   1001 64 10.00 3 5 530 3.90 10 3054 200 2 363 1.4124 0.5027     40280 40282 30614 30656   20356   20350   10055
2019-04-24 09:30
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 122 7.5 12.0 1860 5 6.24 296 0.00001 8.0 8.3 131 38.6 8.39 8.5 18.0 0.037 0.28 6.3 57.7 2060 99.5 0.291 8.39 156 11.3 4.8 58 1.90 53 0.5   0.8 1001 52 10.00 3 5 126 4.80 20 3052 200 2 303 0.4219 0.2007     40280 40282 30614 30656 30635 20356 20316 20350   10055
2019-05-08 10:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 120 8.9 13.5 1290 5 5.58 303 0.00001 8.1 8.3 135 40.2 8.34 7.7 13.0 0.051 0.15 5.5 31.5 728 33.3 0.116 3.76 85.7 10.9 8.5 27 1.70 37 0.2   0.4 1001 62 10.00 3 5 36 3.90 40 3052 200 2 308 0.1251 0.0476     40280 40282 30614   30635 20356   20350 81805 10055
2019-05-22 08:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 110 6.0 8.5 1770 5 6.03 281 0.00001 8.0 8.2 118 35.5 7.15 10.5 18.8 0.051 0.21 12.0 57.3 1170 38.2 0.208 7.03 97.5 10.6 5.8 45 1.84 50 0.7   1.0 1001 52 10.00 3 5 66 4.50 20 3052 200 2 286 0.2550 0.1220       40282 30614 30656 30635 20356 20316 20350   10055
2019-06-05 08:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 120 11.0 15.0 2160 5 6.35 232 0.00001 7.9 8.1 103 30.9 6.22 11.1 19.5 0.055 0.23 10.1 61.1 1280 33.5 0.183 7.85 109 9.06 5.0 54 1.94 61 0.4   1.0 1001 55 10.00 3 5 70 4.90 20 3052 200 2 235 0.3140 0.1409       40282 30715 30656 30635 20356 20316 20350   10057
2019-07-17 08:45
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 82.0 14.5 15.0 562 10 4.82 372 0.00001 8.2 8.3 167 50.0 10.4 12.0 13.2 0.052 0.07 5.2 11.6 157 10.5 0.070 0.82 37.8 13.0 2.9 8 1.47 16   0.4   1001 94 10.00 3 5 4 2.80 10 3044 200 2 374 0.0050 0.0003       40282 30715 30656 30724 20356 20316 20350   10057
2019-08-21 08:25
 MDT
 K
 WS
 USGS-WRD
 90.0 16.5 15.5 262 8 4.13 428 0.00001 8.1 8.3 189 55.5 12.3 13.1 14.6 0.045 0.07 5.4 12.7 139 < 10.0 0.065 0.94 58.6 17.0 3.4 10 1.26 7.4   0.2   1001 84 10.00 3 5 6 2.10 10 3044 200 2 433 0.0070 0.0011       40295 30715 30656 30724 20356 20316 20350   10062

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