USGS Streamgage 06441000
Bad River near Midland, SD
Bad River near Midland, SD is USGS streamgage 06441000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10140102. It drains a watershed of about 1,466 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1945. Typical flow runs near 1.5 cfs in July and 13.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 1,466 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,867 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10140102
- Coordinates
- 44.06721, -101.16086
- USGS site number
- 06441000
- Records begin
- 1945-10-01 (81 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 79 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 | 1.7 | |
| February | 0 | 0.3 | 152.3 | |
| March | 0 | 16.3 | 1,024.4 | |
| April | 0 | 13.9 | 588.8 | |
| May | 0 | 12.4 | 690.3 | |
| June | 0.1 | 21.4 | 747.4 | |
| July | 0 | 1.5 | 136.3 | |
| August | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | |
| September | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | |
| October | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | |
| November | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | |
| December | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).