USGS Streamgage 06094900
Birch Creek below Heart Butte Road, near Heart Butte, MT
Birch Creek below Heart Butte Road, near Heart Butte, MT is USGS streamgage 06094900 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10030201. It drains a watershed of about 102 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2021. Typical flow runs near 275.7 cfs in July and 24.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 102 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 4,277 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10030201
- Coordinates
- 48.24467, -112.69792
- USGS site number
- 06094900
- Records begin
- 2021-09-15 (5 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 5 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 | — | 12.5 | — | |
| February | — | 14 | — | |
| March | — | 15.9 | — | |
| April | — | 24.8 | — | |
| May | — | 171.9 | — | |
| June | — | 212.8 | — | |
| July | — | 275.7 | — | |
| August | — | 130.1 | — | |
| September | — | 227.9 | — | |
| October | — | 26.9 | — | |
| November | — | 15.1 | — | |
| December | — | 12.5 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).