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 06099500 MARIAS RIVER NEAR SHELBY, MT.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 3242 sq.mi.                            Datum is 3087.72 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10030203 at Latitude: 48:25:38N  Longitude: 111:53:20W
Station is in the state of MT (county code 101) and serviced by the MT office.
Channel slope is 15.90 feet/mile
Stream length is 121.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 4620.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.14%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 19.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is N.A. inches
Annual precipitation is 24.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 6.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Affected by upstream withdrawals and regulation.



There is no acceptable HCDN data for this station.



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