USGS Streamgage 06286490
Big Horn Canal near St. Xavier, MT
Big Horn Canal near St. Xavier, MT is USGS streamgage 06286490 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10080015. Discharge records at this site go back to 2007. Typical flow runs near 433.3 cfs in July and 81.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Gauge elevation
- 3,176 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10080015
- Coordinates
- 45.31635, -107.91844
- USGS site number
- 06286490
- Records begin
- 2007-10-01 (19 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 39 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 | — | 0 | — | |
| February | — | 0 | — | |
| March | — | 10.4 | — | |
| April | 29.8 | 81.3 | 366.9 | |
| May | 32.4 | 235.4 | 472.4 | |
| June | 141.4 | 393 | 513.8 | |
| July | 308.6 | 433.3 | 524.4 | |
| August | 315.8 | 413.4 | 493.7 | |
| September | 168.1 | 272.9 | 359.7 | |
| October | 9.9 | 59.5 | 234.5 | |
| November | — | 0 | — | |
| December | — | 0 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).