USGS Streamgage 06453255
Choteau Creek near Avon, SD
Choteau Creek near Avon, SD is USGS streamgage 06453255, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10170101. It drains a watershed of about 594 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1982. Typical flow runs near 9.7 cfs in July and 30.3 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 594 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,293 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10170101
- Coordinates
- 42.92355, -98.10632
- USGS site number
- 06453255
- Records begin
- 1982-09-21 (44 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 21 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 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 5.7 | |
| February | 0.6 | 4.4 | 92.8 | |
| March | 0.9 | 15.2 | 521.6 | |
| April | 0.7 | 30.3 | 651.4 | |
| May | 1 | 31.5 | 405 | |
| June | 0.9 | 12 | 441.3 | |
| July | 0.5 | 9.7 | 227.8 | |
| August | 0.3 | 4.4 | 28.4 | |
| September | 0.2 | 2.6 | 25.5 | |
| October | 0.5 | 2.6 | 17.2 | |
| November | 0.6 | 3.4 | 13.2 | |
| December | 0.4 | 3.3 | 9.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Missouri River below Ponca Creek near Verdel, Nebr.
- Missouri River at Niobrara, Nebr.
- Bazile Creek at Center, Nebr.
- Howe Creek below Walker Draw near Center, Nebr.
- Bazile Creek near Niobrara, Nebr.
- Lewis and Clark Lake at Springfield, SD
- Missouri River at Yankton, SD
- Missouri River near Gayville, SD