USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
12323770 WARM SPRINGS CREEK AT WARM SPRINGS, MT
LOCATION - Lat 46°10'49.35", long 112°47'06.28" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.18, T.5 N., R.9 W., Deer Lodge County, MT, Hydrologic Unit 17010201, on right bank at I-90 frontage road bridge 0.2 mi southeast of Warm Springs post office, and at river mile 0.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 160 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1983 to current year. October 1983 to June 26, 2002 at site 200 ft upstream at different datum.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 4,810 ft, referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1993 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: July 2000 to current year.
TURBIDITY: April 2013 to current year (seasonal records).
INSTRUMENTATION - WATER TEMPERATURE: Water temperature recorder was installed July 6, 2000.
TURBIDITY: Turbidity monitor was installed April 17, 2013.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 23.5°C, July 21, 29, 2000, July 14, 2002; minimum -0.2°C, many days during
winter period.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 1070 formazin nephelometric units (FNU) on July 16, 2017; minimum, less than 0.5 FNU many days July - Aug.