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USGS 06437000 BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR STURGIS,SD

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°30'47",   Longitude 103°08'11"   NAD27
Meade County, South Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 10120202
Drainage area: 5,798 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 5,792 square miles,
Datum of gage: 2,527.31 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2026-01-19  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-11-07  2026-01-18  29293 
    Gage height, feet  2017-10-01  2026-01-18  2768 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-11-07  2024-11-24 28873 
    Gage height, feet  2017-10-01  2024-11-24 2348 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-11  2024-11  
    Gage height, feet  2017-10  2024-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2018  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1946-05-24  2024-04-17  79 
 Field measurements 1946-05-02  2025-11-21  605 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1954-08-09  2015-09-10  1453 
 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
Email questions about this site to South Dakota Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
National Weather Service Floodstage 15 ft.