Tongue River
Tongue River Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Home Project Plan Fact Sheet Estimating SAR Field SAR Analyzer Water-Quality Data Links Contacts

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.

  Measuring the Tongue

The goals of this monitoring program are to collect water-quality data and disseminate these data to all interested parties.

 Tongue River Monitoring Site Map
CURRENT CONDITIONS AT SAMPLING SITES
Data are provisional and subject to revision.
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 65     435     --       10/14 15:00
06306300 Tongue River at State Line, MT 137     735     .86       10/14 14:45
06307500 Tongue River at Tongue R Dam, MT 83     693     .84       10/14 14:30
06307616 Tongue R at Birney Day School Bridge, MT 93     687     .94       10/14 14:30
06307830 Tongue R bl Brandenberg Bridge, MT 116     802     1.37       10/14 13:45
06308500 Tongue River at Miles City, MT 42     1030     2.36       10/14 13:00
TRIBUTARY SAMPLING SITES
06305700 Goose Creek near Acme, WY 61     775     --       10/14 14:15
06306250 Prairie Dog Creek near Acme, WY 21     1110     1.04       10/14 15:00
06307600 Hanging Woman Creek near Birney, MT .19     1580     3.99       10/14 15:00
06307740 Otter Creek at Ashland, MT Bvr     2430     5.59       10/14 15:00
06308400 Pumpkin Creek near Miles City, MT .00     ***     ***       10/14 14:45
 
Abbreviations: cfs, cubic feet per second; uS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius.
Data status code: --, parameter not determined; Bvr, stage-discharge rating affected by beaver activity; Eqp, equipment malfunction; Ice, ice affected; Rat, rating in development; Ssn, seasonal site.
* Estimates for SAR have an associated margin of error. Please see the link "Estimating SAR" to determine the probable margin of error.
06299980 Tongue River at Monarch, WY 06305700 Goose Creek near Acme, WY 06306250 Prairie Dog Creek near Acme, WY 06308500 Tongue River at Miles City, MT 06307616 Tongue River at Birney Day School Bridge, MT 06307830 Tongue River bl Brandenberg Bridge, MT 06307600 Hanging Woman Creek near Birney, MT 06507500 Tongue River at Tongue River Dam, MT 06306300 Tongue River at State Line, near Decker, MT 06307740 Otter Creek at Ashland, MT 06308400 Pumpkin Creek near Miles City, MT
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