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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12323233 Blacktail Creek above Grove Gulch, at Butte, MT
LOCATION - Lat 45°59'28.57", long 112°31'38.49" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Silver Bow County, MT, Hydrologic Unit 17010201, on right bank, 143 feet upstream from Lexington Avenue culverts in Butte, and 0.7 mi upstream from Silver Bow Creek. Lat/Long decimal: 45.991269, -112.527358. Mag dec: 12.00 deg E.
DRAINAGE AREA - 90.1 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2020 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,451 ft, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - Some regulation by Basin Creek Reservoir. Diversions for irrigation occur upstream from station.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - TURBIDITY: June 2020 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION -
Turbidity: In-Situ AquaTroll 500 installed seasonally from April 1 to October 1.
Water temperature: Sutron AquaTemp-60 installed 4/19/2023: serial number 2211072.
REMARKS -
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 140 formazin nephelometric units (FNU) on June 29, 2020; Minimum, less than 0.5 FNU for multiple days during the period of record.
