USGS Streamgage 06482848
Beaver Creek at Canton, SD
Beaver Creek at Canton, SD is USGS streamgage 06482848, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10170203. It drains a watershed of about 126 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1982. Typical flow runs near 5.3 cfs in July and 35.1 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 126 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,229 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10170203
- Coordinates
- 43.28665, -96.59643
- USGS site number
- 06482848
- Records begin
- 1982-10-01 (44 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 8 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 | — | 5.8 | — | |
| February | — | 7.5 | — | |
| March | — | 35 | — | |
| April | — | 35.1 | — | |
| May | — | 22.2 | — | |
| June | — | 8.6 | — | |
| July | — | 5.3 | — | |
| August | — | 4.6 | — | |
| September | — | 5.9 | — | |
| October | — | 8.7 | — | |
| November | — | 8.2 | — | |
| December | — | 7 | — |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).