USGS Streamgage 06024540
Big Hole River below Mudd Creek near Wisdom, MT
Big Hole River below Mudd Creek near Wisdom, MT is USGS streamgage 06024540 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10020004. It drains a watershed of about 1,275 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1997. Typical flow runs near 284.6 cfs in July and 775.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 1,275 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,889 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10020004
- Coordinates
- 45.80754, -113.31327
- USGS site number
- 06024540
- Records begin
- 1997-10-01 (29 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 28 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 | — | 279.8 | — | |
| February | — | 228.4 | — | |
| March | — | 204.6 | — | |
| April | 313.4 | 775.6 | 1,682.8 | |
| May | 578.1 | 1,442.9 | 3,367.1 | |
| June | 484.7 | 1,331.9 | 3,194.3 | |
| July | 109.2 | 284.6 | 729 | |
| August | 52.1 | 108.5 | 226.5 | |
| September | 55.1 | 110 | 181.3 | |
| October | 90.6 | 183.2 | 264.5 | |
| November | — | 369.6 | — | |
| December | — | 333.8 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).