USGS Streamgage 06174500
Milk River at Nashua, MT
Milk River at Nashua, MT is USGS streamgage 06174500 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10050012. It drains a watershed of about 22,452 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1939. Typical flow runs near 265.2 cfs in July and 514 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 22,452 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,031 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10050012
- Coordinates
- 48.13005, -106.36431
- USGS site number
- 06174500
- Records begin
- 1939-10-01 (87 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 87 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 | 63.7 | 125.9 | 279.1 | |
| February | 72.4 | 143 | 546.3 | |
| March | 93.1 | 398.1 | 3,721.6 | |
| April | 40 | 514 | 7,283.7 | |
| May | 33.5 | 352.6 | 3,619 | |
| June | 71.8 | 432.9 | 3,097 | |
| July | 40.9 | 265.2 | 1,743.5 | |
| August | 47.6 | 183.8 | 654.1 | |
| September | 54.8 | 180.5 | 555.2 | |
| October | 60.2 | 157.9 | 499.1 | |
| November | 85.6 | 176.7 | 403.5 | |
| December | 72.8 | 149.2 | 316.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).