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Water-Year Summary for Site 06404000

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00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2025: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
06404000 BATTLE CREEK NEAR KEYSTONE, SD
LOCATION - Lat 43°52'17.97", long 103°20'09.01" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.18, T.2 S., R.7 E., Pennington County, SD, Hydrologic Unit 10120109, at right downstream end county highway bridge, 0.6 mi downstream from Iron Creek, and 4.5 mi southeast of Keystone, SD.
DRAINAGE AREA - 58.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -

WDR SD-10-1: Drainage area.

Revisions: Discharge for the period Dec. 13-19, 2022, Dec. 20-Jan. 21, 2023 was revised on May 14, 2025, based on ice estimations being higher than measurement no. 694. 

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1945 to July 1947, October 1961 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 3,798.15 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Nov. 13, 1961, nonrecording gage at site 250 ft downstream at different datum and Nov. 13 to Dec. 5, 1961, at same site at present datum. Dec. 6, 1961, to June 9, 1972, water-stage recorder at site 210 ft downstream at present datum (destroyed by flood); June 10 to Nov. 20, 1972, nonrecording gage 180 ft downstream at present datum; Nov. 21, 1972, to Nov. 27, 1973, water-stage recorder at present site and datum; Nov. 28, 1973, to Nov. 7, 1974, nonrecording gage 180 ft downstream at present datum.
REMARKS -

Accuracy of records for water years prior to 2014 are noted in the individual Annual Data Reports for those water years. For water years 2014 onward, records good, estimated discharges, which are poor. Record quality ratings may not be included in the water-year summary for approved records newer than 09/30/2018. Record quality is still being rated internally. For questions about record quality ratings, please send email to gs-w-sd_NWISWeb_Data_Inquiries@usgs.gov. Satellite data-collection platform at station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 26,200 ft³/s, June 9, 1972, from rating curve extended above 5.5 ft³/s, on the basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow, gage height 14.50 ft, from floodmarks, at site then in use; minimum daily discharge, 0.00 ft³/s, Oct. 1, 1961, no flow at times in most years.