Clark Fork at Deer Lodge MT

Powell County, Montana · USGS 12324200

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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Clark Fork at its USGS monitoring location in Powell County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

RIVER PULSE

Below historical median · Falling

Flow vs typicalBelow typical

Streamflow is currently 132 ft³/s, 17% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 7 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 159 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 2.6 ft · 2.4 ft below action stage · Flood stage 6 ft
WATER QUALITY

Current water conditions

Turbidity
1.9 FNU
Specific conductance
432 µS/cm
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations

Look at the data (29 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM94.1 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM94.6 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM98.2 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM94 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM85.9 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM91.3 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM107 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM111 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM126 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM139 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM152 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM143 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM131 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM124 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM117 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM113 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM102 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM98.5 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM107 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM110 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM109 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM110 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM149 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM229 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM191 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM169 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM161 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM156 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM145 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Powell County
Drainage area: 1,001 mi²
Current measurements: 5
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Clark Fork at Deer Lodge MTUSGS 12324200
STREAMFLOW132 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT2.59 ft