Tongue River Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Project Chief: John Lambing
Period of Project:
January 2004 - Present
Cooperators:
Bureau of Land Management  Fidelity Exploration and Production Co MT Dept of Natural Resources & Conservation Northern Cheyenne Tribe WY State Engineer MT Dept of Environmental Quality WY Dept of Environmental Quality
Coal-bed methane development is in the initial stages
of exploration and production in the Tongue River watershed. Long-term
monitoring is needed to provide information to evaluate any changes or
trends in surface-water quality and support informed decisions about
resource use and management.
The goals of this monitoring program are to collect
water-quality data and disseminate these data to all interested parties.
| CURRENT CONDITIONS AT SAMPLING SITES |
| Data are provisional and subject to revision.
Data Status Codes:
-- = Parameter not determined,
Dis = Data-collection discontinued,
Dry = Zero flow,
Eqp = Equipment malfunction,
Ice = Ice affected,
Ssn = Parameter monitored seasonally
|
Station
number |
Station name |
Stream-
flow
(cfs) |
Specific
conduc-
tance
(uS/cm) |
Estimated
sodium
adsorp-
tion
ratio* |
Date/time |
|
MAINSTEM SAMPLING SITES
|
| 06299980 |
Tongue River at Monarch, WY |
101 |
Dis |
Dis |
09/22 09:00 |
| 06306300 |
Tongue River at State Line, MT |
232 |
599 |
0.71 |
09/22 08:45 |
| 06307500 |
Tongue River at Tongue R Dam, MT |
265 |
475 |
0.70 |
09/22 08:30 |
| 06307616 |
Tongue R at Birney Day School Bridge, MT |
274 |
525 |
-- |
09/22 08:30 |
| 06307830 |
Tongue R bl Brandenberg Bridge, MT |
Dis |
Dis |
Dis |
---- ---- |
| 06307990 |
Tongue R ab T&Y Div Dam nr Miles City, MT |
352 |
548 |
1.02 |
09/22 08:30 |
| 06308500 |
Tongue River at Miles City, MT |
259 |
605 |
-- |
09/22 08:15 |
|
TRIBUTARY SAMPLING SITES
|
| 06305700 |
Goose Creek near Acme, WY |
Dis |
Dis |
Dis |
---- ---- |
| 06306250 |
Prairie Dog Creek near Acme, WY |
18 |
1160 |
1.05 |
09/22 09:00 |
| 06307600 |
Hanging Woman Creek near Birney, MT |
0.11 |
4220 |
-- |
09/22 09:00 |
| 06307740 |
Otter Creek at Ashland, MT |
1.0 |
2490 |
5.70 |
09/22 09:00 |
| 06308400 |
Pumpkin Creek near Miles City, MT |
0.00 |
Dis |
Dis |
09/22 08:45 |
| |
Measuring the Tongue River.
| Publications |
 Fact Sheet
Monitoring Surface-Water Quality in the Tongue River Watershed
by
David A. Nimick |
 Estimating SAR
Measured and Estimated Sodium-Adsorption Ratios for Tongue River and its Tributaries, Montana and Wyoming, 2004–06
by By M.R. Cannon, David A. Nimick, Thomas E. Cleasby, Stacy M. Kinsey, and John H. Lambing |
|
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey