USGS Streamgage 06308500
Tongue River at Miles City, MT
Tongue River at Miles City, MT is USGS streamgage 06308500 in Montana, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10090102. It drains a watershed of about 5,405 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1938. Typical flow runs near 307.2 cfs in July and 335.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Montana
- Drainage area
- 5,405 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,352 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10090102
- Coordinates
- 46.38459, -105.84552
- USGS site number
- 06308500
- Records begin
- 1938-04-01 (88 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 88 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 | 92.2 | 163.4 | 277.5 | |
| February | 102.5 | 192.4 | 446.9 | |
| March | 131.7 | 300.1 | 1,015.9 | |
| April | 114 | 335.8 | 835.2 | |
| May | 66.2 | 537.7 | 1,491.2 | |
| June | 130.8 | 1,129.4 | 2,840.3 | |
| July | 29.8 | 307.2 | 1,114.5 | |
| August | 15.1 | 148.8 | 341.9 | |
| September | 21.8 | 177.1 | 377.2 | |
| October | 60.8 | 212.6 | 435.9 | |
| November | 96.5 | 224.4 | 420.1 | |
| December | 89.1 | 172.9 | 292.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).