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USGS 06428500 BELLE FOURCHE RIVER AT WY-SD STATE LINE

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°44'56",   Longitude 104°03'04"   NAD27
Butte County, South Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 10120202
Drainage area: 3,233 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 3,226 square miles,
Datum of gage: 3,096.51 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-11-06  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946-12-01  2025-11-05  27000 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2025-11-05  2736 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946-12-01  2024-11-07 26640 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2024-11-07 2373 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946-12  2024-11  
    Gage height, feet  2018-05  2024-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1947  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2018  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1947-06-23  2024-05-10  78 
 Field measurements 1947-03-22  2025-09-03  562 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-04-13  2015-08-19  739 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS South Dakota Water Science Center
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
National Weather Service Floodstage 15.0 ft.