USGS Streamgage 06172310
Milk River at Tampico, MT
Milk River at Tampico, MT is USGS streamgage 06172310 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10050012. It drains a watershed of about 21,341 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1952. Typical flow runs near 138.2 cfs in July and 240.4 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 21,341 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,102 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10050012
- Coordinates
- 48.30791, -106.82232
- USGS site number
- 06172310
- Records begin
- 1952-04-17 (74 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 53 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 | 54.4 | 118.8 | 849.2 | |
| February | 52.2 | 131.8 | 446.5 | |
| March | 60.3 | 230 | 3,309 | |
| April | 9.5 | 240.4 | 3,967 | |
| May | 12.2 | 199.7 | 2,356.1 | |
| June | 28.2 | 285.7 | 2,520.3 | |
| July | 11.3 | 138.2 | 1,346.6 | |
| August | 11.5 | 85.3 | 550.8 | |
| September | 21.6 | 99.6 | 629.6 | |
| October | 42.1 | 143.4 | 610.8 | |
| November | 84 | 158.1 | 594 | |
| December | 66.6 | 132.9 | 333.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).