USGS Streamgage 06151500
Battle Creek near Chinook, MT
Battle Creek near Chinook, MT is USGS streamgage 06151500 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10050008. It drains a watershed of about 1,631 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1905. Typical flow runs near 8.3 cfs in July and 16.5 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 1,631 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,418 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10050008
- Coordinates
- 48.64949, -109.23169
- USGS site number
- 06151500
- Records begin
- 1905-04-01 (121 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 42 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | 16.5 | — | |
| February | — | 15.4 | — | |
| March | — | 60.1 | — | |
| April | 0.4 | 16.5 | 298.6 | |
| May | 0.4 | 18.7 | 84.2 | |
| June | 1.4 | 18.7 | 69.8 | |
| July | 0.8 | 8.3 | 31.2 | |
| August | 0 | 0.8 | 17.5 | |
| September | 0 | 1 | 19.9 | |
| October | 1.2 | 11 | 42.5 | |
| November | — | 17.1 | — | |
| December | — | 17.4 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).