USGS Streamgage 06423010
Boxelder Creek near Rapid City, SD
Boxelder Creek near Rapid City, SD is USGS streamgage 06423010, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10120111. It drains a watershed of about 127 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1978. Typical flow runs near 0 cfs in July and 0 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 127 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 3,455 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10120111
- Coordinates
- 44.13165, -103.29879
- USGS site number
- 06423010
- Records begin
- 1978-05-15 (48 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 32 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 | 1.6 | |
| February | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | |
| March | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | |
| April | 0 | 0 | 40.4 | |
| May | 0 | 0 | 73.2 | |
| June | 0 | 0 | 105.2 | |
| July | 0 | 0 | 25.8 | |
| August | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | |
| September | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | |
| October | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | |
| November | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | |
| December | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).