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USGS 06418800 RAPID CREEK ABOVE WRF NR RAPID CITY, SD

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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  This station is operated in cooperation with the:

City of Rapid City

The precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 30 days. Time series values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 30-day display period. Rainfall instrumentation may not be calibrated, and other quality assurance measures may not be performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.
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This station managed by the Rapid City Office of the Dakota Science Center.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2019-05-16  2019-11-22
2016-08-17  2025-10-30
2018-04-06  2025-10-30
2019-05-16  2019-11-22
2019-05-16  2019-11-22
2019-05-16  2019-11-22
2019-06-10  2019-11-22







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 43.5 10-30-2025   19:15 MDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 30 based on 8 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 30		 Min
(2017)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2020)
43.5 45.0 47 74 75 84 143

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.57 10-30-2025   19:15 MDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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