USGS Streamgage 06437200
Bear Butte Creek near Galena, SD
Bear Butte Creek near Galena, SD is USGS streamgage 06437200, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10120202. It drains a watershed of about 52 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1965. Typical flow runs near 1.2 cfs in July and 10.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 52 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 3,774 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10120202
- Coordinates
- 44.39637, -103.58269
- USGS site number
- 06437200
- Records begin
- 1965-05-15 (61 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 5 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 | — | |
| February | — | 0 | — | |
| March | — | 0.3 | — | |
| April | — | 10.8 | — | |
| May | — | 11.3 | — | |
| June | — | 3.9 | — | |
| July | — | 1.2 | — | |
| August | — | 0 | — | |
| September | — | 0 | — | |
| October | — | 0 | — | |
| November | — | 0 | — | |
| December | — | 0 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).