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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
06471770 MOCCASIN CREEK AT ABERDEEN, SD
LOCATION - Lat 45°28'14.1", long 98°27'13" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.17, T.123 N., R.63 W., Brown County, SD, Hydrologic Unit 10160003, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Roosevelt Street, 1.6 mi east of Brown County Courthouse, and 3.4 mi upstream from Foot Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 55.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR SD-10-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1999 to current year (seasonal mean daily gage height and yearly instantaneous peak discharge). Prior to October 1999 (March and April 1997), miscellaneous discharge measurements 1.0 mi downstream at U.S. Highway 12 bridge.
GAGE -
Seasonal water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,286.65 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and 1,285.74 feet above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29).
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. Satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 389 ft³/s (observed), Apr. 5, 1997, gage height, 6.90 ft (at different site and same datum); maximum gage height, 7.27 ft (observed), Apr. 1, 1997, (backwater from ice, at different site and same datum).
