USGS Streamgage 06155500
Milk River at Malta, MT
Milk River at Malta, MT is USGS streamgage 06155500 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10050004. It drains a watershed of about 11,654 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1902. Typical flow runs near 136.5 cfs in July and 408.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 11,654 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,246 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10050004
- Coordinates
- 48.36219, -107.87637
- USGS site number
- 06155500
- Records begin
- 1902-08-01 (124 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 124 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 | 5 | 69.9 | 198.2 | |
| February | 5 | 78.1 | 535.8 | |
| March | 24.9 | 239.3 | 1,919.4 | |
| April | 15.9 | 408.9 | 5,659.3 | |
| May | 27.3 | 223.5 | 1,834.5 | |
| June | 28.2 | 188.2 | 1,634 | |
| July | 15.3 | 136.5 | 782.9 | |
| August | 10.8 | 88.7 | 422.7 | |
| September | 0 | 67.9 | 437.5 | |
| October | 3.4 | 116.8 | 381.1 | |
| November | 7.1 | 118.6 | 237.8 | |
| December | 10 | 93.7 | 181.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Milk River at Juneberg Bridge near Saco, MT
- West Fork Beaver Creek near Rocky Boy, MT
- Beaver Creek ab Elk Creek, near Rocky Boy, MT
- Beaver Creek at Reservoir Bndry near Rocky Boy, MT
- Milk River at Havre, MT
- Clear Creek near Chinook, MT
- Milk River at Merrill Rd, near Harlem, MT
- Milk River near Harlem, MT