USGS Streamgage 06406500
Battle Creek below Hermosa, SD
Battle Creek below Hermosa, SD is USGS streamgage 06406500, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10120109. It drains a watershed of about 284 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1950. Typical flow runs near 12.7 cfs in July and 11 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 284 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,809 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10120109
- Coordinates
- 43.72544, -102.90566
- USGS site number
- 06406500
- Records begin
- 1950-10-01 (76 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 76 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 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 26.7 | |
| February | 1.5 | 9.1 | 28 | |
| March | 2.3 | 10.6 | 30.3 | |
| April | 1.3 | 11 | 32.6 | |
| May | 1 | 15.8 | 147.8 | |
| June | 1.4 | 18.8 | 166.8 | |
| July | 0.1 | 12.7 | 60.4 | |
| August | 0 | 7.8 | 42.6 | |
| September | 0 | 5.4 | 31.4 | |
| October | 0 | 8.1 | 33.6 | |
| November | 0.4 | 10.2 | 32.5 | |
| December | 0.9 | 9.2 | 28.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).