USGS Streamgage 06024580
Big Hole River near Wise River, MT
Big Hole River near Wise River, MT is USGS streamgage 06024580 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10020004. It drains a watershed of about 1,604 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1979. Typical flow runs near 804.1 cfs in July and 1,195.2 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 1,604 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,712 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10020004
- Coordinates
- 45.85082, -113.06836
- USGS site number
- 06024580
- Records begin
- 1979-06-01 (47 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 36 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 | — | 197.2 | — | |
| February | — | 230.1 | — | |
| March | — | 318.4 | — | |
| April | — | 1,195.2 | — | |
| May | — | 2,886.1 | — | |
| June | — | 2,772.3 | — | |
| July | — | 804.1 | — | |
| August | — | 278.5 | — | |
| September | — | 207 | — | |
| October | — | 284.4 | — | |
| November | — | 263.8 | — | |
| December | — | 256.8 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).