USGS Streamgage 06436000
Belle Fourche River near Fruitdale, SD
Belle Fourche River near Fruitdale, SD is USGS streamgage 06436000, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10120202. It drains a watershed of about 4,500 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1945. Typical flow runs near 11.3 cfs in July and 6.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 4,500 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 2,930 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10120202
- Coordinates
- 44.69082, -103.7377
- USGS site number
- 06436000
- Records begin
- 1945-11-01 (81 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 73 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 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 221.4 | |
| February | 2.5 | 4.7 | 264.8 | |
| March | 2.9 | 5.7 | 498.4 | |
| April | 3 | 6.6 | 678.4 | |
| May | 3.2 | 11.5 | 1,000.8 | |
| June | 3.8 | 12.9 | 819.2 | |
| July | 3.8 | 11.3 | 177.5 | |
| August | 5.3 | 11.7 | 40 | |
| September | 5.4 | 10.1 | 33.7 | |
| October | 4.5 | 7.9 | 96 | |
| November | 3.9 | 6.9 | 145.7 | |
| December | 3.2 | 4.9 | 212.1 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).