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 06297000 SOUTH TONGUE RIVER NEAR DAYTON, WYOMING


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 85.0 sq.mi.                            Datum is 7621.78 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 10090101 at Latitude: 44:47:02N  Longitude: 107:28:10W
Station is in the state of WY (county code 033) and serviced by the WY office.
Channel slope is 91.00 feet/mile
Stream length is 18.50 miles
Mean basin elevation is 8920.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.10%     Lakes: 0.10%        Forests: 76.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 6.70 inches
Annual precipitation is 20.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 0.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Switched to seasonal (approx. April through September) operation starting in 1972.


Daily and longer averages for 26 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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