Water Resources Data, Montana, 2002
Water-Data Report MT-02-1
By W.R. Berkas, M.K. White, P.B. Ladd, F.A. Bailey, and K.A. Dodge
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Abstract
Water resources data for Montana for the 2002 water year consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 244 streamflow-gaging stations; stage or content records for 9 lakes and large reservoirs and content for 31 smaller reservoirs; water-quality records for 142 streamflow stations (42 ungaged), 9 ground-water wells, and 3 lakes; precipitation records for 2 atmospheric-deposition stations; and water-level records for 53 observation wells. Additional water year 2002 data collected at crest-stage gage and miscellaneous-measurement sites were collected but are not published in this report. These data are stored within the District office files in Helena and available on request. These data represent part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Montana.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Surface-water stations, in downstream order, for which records are published
in this volume
Introduction
Cooperation
General hydrologic setting
Hydrologic-monitoring activity, water year 2002
Summary of hydrologic conditions, water year 2002
Temperature and Precipitation
Streamflow
Water quality
Ground-water levels
Special networks and programs
Hydrologic Benchmark Network
National Stream-Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN)
National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
Explanation of the records
Station identification numbers
Downstream-order system
Latitude-longitude system
Rectangular-grid system
Records of stage and water discharge
Data collection and computation
Data presentation
Station manuscript
Data table of daily mean values
Statistics of monthly mean data
Summary statistics
Identifying estimated daily discharge
Accuracy of the records
Other records available
Publications
Records of surface-water quality
Classification of records
Onsite measurements and sample collection
Water temperature
Sediment
Laboratory analyses
Explanation of the reporting convention for long-term method detection
levels
Presentation of water-quality records
Remark codes
Quality-control data
Blank samples
Reference samples
Replicate samples
Spike samples
Publications
Records of ground-water
levels
Data collection and
computation
Publication
Access to USGS water data
Definition of terms
Techniques of
Water-Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey
Montana active and
discontinued streamflow-gaging, water-quality, and crest-stage gage stations
Station records, surface
water and water quality
Smaller
reservoirs in Missouri River Basin in Montana
Smaller
reservoirs in Pend Oreille River Basin in Montana
Quantity of precipitation (NADP/NTN)
Index
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