Big Hole River below Hamilton Ditch near Twin Bridges, Mount

USGS Site No: 06026420 • Big Hole River • Madison County, MT

Big Hole River below Hamilton Ditch near Twin Bridges, Mount on the Big Hole River is currently at 2,120 cfs (Very High — 95th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 3.22 ft.

Reading from

2,120
CFS Discharge
3.22
Gage Height (ft)
Very High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 245
25th Low threshold 306
50th (Median) Normal (median) 411
75th High threshold 461
95th Very High threshold 0

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

3.8k 1.9k 0 cfs Oct 16 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 1,750 —
May 27, 2026 1,470 —
May 26, 2026 1,270 —
May 25, 2026 1,200 —
May 24, 2026 1,250 —
May 23, 2026 1,390 —
May 22, 2026 1,530 —
May 21, 2026 1,660 —
May 20, 2026 1,880 —
May 19, 2026 2,190 —
May 18, 2026 2,490 —
May 17, 2026 2,620 —
May 16, 2026 2,700 —
May 15, 2026 2,880 —
Oct 31, 2025 334 —
Oct 30, 2025 337 —
Oct 29, 2025 332 —
Oct 28, 2025 342 —
Oct 27, 2025 340 —
Oct 26, 2025 332 —
Oct 25, 2025 338 —
Oct 24, 2025 346 —
Oct 23, 2025 355 —
Oct 22, 2025 348 —
Oct 21, 2025 357 —
Oct 20, 2025 357 —
Oct 19, 2025 351 —
Oct 18, 2025 364 —
Oct 17, 2025 371 —
Oct 16, 2025 342 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
06026420
State
MT
Coordinates
45.5500, -112.3607
Drainage Area
2,791 mi²
Datum (ft)
4,630.0
HUC Code
10020004
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
3,160 cfs
May 14, 2025
Min discharge
42 cfs
Aug 26, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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