USGS Streamgage 06024450
Big Hole River below Big Lake Creek at Wisdom, MT
Big Hole River below Big Lake Creek at Wisdom, MT is USGS streamgage 06024450 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10020004. It drains a watershed of about 586 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1988. Typical flow runs near 89.7 cfs in July and 311.2 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 586 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 6,046 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10020004
- Coordinates
- 45.61797, -113.45694
- USGS site number
- 06024450
- Records begin
- 1988-05-01 (38 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 37 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 | — | 78.9 | — | |
| February | — | 93.2 | — | |
| March | — | 131.7 | — | |
| April | 119.2 | 311.2 | 764.3 | |
| May | 67.5 | 361.1 | 1,274.5 | |
| June | 55.8 | 359.6 | 1,482.4 | |
| July | 21.5 | 89.7 | 474.3 | |
| August | 8.7 | 31.5 | 132.3 | |
| September | 10.2 | 32 | 75.7 | |
| October | 30.2 | 67.3 | 126.3 | |
| November | — | 60.6 | — | |
| December | — | 67.8 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).