USGS Streamgage 06097000
Birch Creek at Robare, MT
Birch Creek at Robare, MT is USGS streamgage 06097000 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10030201. It drains a watershed of about 132 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1914. Typical flow runs near 13 cfs in July and 90.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 132 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 3,923 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10030201
- Coordinates
- 48.31985, -112.56578
- USGS site number
- 06097000
- Records begin
- 1914-06-01 (112 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 13 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
Only 10 of 12 months have enough record to summarize; the rest are omitted.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | — | 261.9 | — | |
| April | — | 90.9 | — | |
| May | 1.4 | 27.1 | 531.2 | |
| June | 1.1 | 30.1 | 547 | |
| July | 1 | 13 | 662 | |
| August | 0.5 | 7 | 214.2 | |
| September | 0.5 | 4 | 194.4 | |
| October | — | 10.7 | — | |
| November | — | 35.6 | — | |
| December | — | 3.5 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Birch Creek at Bullhead Bridge, near Valier, MT
- Two Medicine River below South Fork near Browning, MT
- Two Medicine River ab Badger Creek, near Piegan, MT
- Badger Creek below Four Horns Canal near Browning, MT
- Birch Creek below Heart Butte Road, near Heart Butte, MT
- Birch Creek Main Canal at diversion, near Dupuyer, MT