USGS Streamgage 06441500
Bad River near Fort Pierre, SD
Bad River near Fort Pierre, SD is USGS streamgage 06441500, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10140102. It drains a watershed of about 3,147 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1905. Typical flow runs near 6.7 cfs in July and 36.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 3,147 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,447 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10140102
- Coordinates
- 44.32663, -100.38435
- USGS site number
- 06441500
- Records begin
- 1905-07-01 (121 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 98 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | |
| February | 0 | 3.5 | 307.4 | |
| March | 0.2 | 48.6 | 1,330.5 | |
| April | 0.3 | 36.6 | 995.2 | |
| May | 0.1 | 29.3 | 798.1 | |
| June | 0 | 40.2 | 867.5 | |
| July | 0 | 6.7 | 167.5 | |
| August | 0 | 0.5 | 84.8 | |
| September | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | |
| October | 0 | 0 | 20.4 | |
| November | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | |
| December | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).