HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 05011500 WATERTON RIVER NEAR INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 61.0 sq.mi.                            Datum is 4200.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10010001 at Latitude: 48:57:20N  Longitude: 113:54:00W
Station is in the state of MT (county code 035) and serviced by the MT office.
Channel slope is 74.70 feet/mile
Stream length is 11.70 miles
Mean basin elevation is 6060.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.82%     Lakes: 0.82%        Forests: 53.90%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.20 inches
Annual precipitation is 84.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.00 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 3.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Operated full time only 10 years.



There is no acceptable HCDN data for this station.



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