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USGS 06450500 LITTLE WHITE RIVER BELOW WHITE RIVER,SD

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°36'05",   Longitude 100°44'58"   NAD27
Mellette County, South Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 10140203
Drainage area: 1,549 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 1,495 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,914.19 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1999-01-14  2025-10-24  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1949-10-01  2025-10-23  27770 
    Gage height, feet  2017-09-30  2025-10-23  2513 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1949-10-01  2024-09-30 27394 
    Gage height, feet  2017-09-30  2024-09-30 2137 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1949-10  2024-09  
    Gage height, feet  2017-09  2024-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1950  2024  
    Gage height, feet  2017  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1930-05-11  2024-04-27  80 
 Field measurements 1975-11-06  2025-08-12  438 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1950-12-15  2015-08-12  587 
 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 13.0 ft.