USGS Streamgage 06479980
Medary Creek near Brookings, SD
Medary Creek near Brookings, SD is USGS streamgage 06479980, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10170202. It drains a watershed of about 197 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1980. Typical flow runs near 19.2 cfs in July and 66.9 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 197 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,578 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10170202
- Coordinates
- 44.22389, -96.7673
- USGS site number
- 06479980
- Records begin
- 1980-10-01 (46 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 10 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 | 5.1 | 20.5 | |
| February | 0.1 | 7.9 | 70.5 | |
| March | 3.8 | 69.5 | 748.1 | |
| April | 8.9 | 66.9 | 490.7 | |
| May | 4.1 | 38.1 | 269.4 | |
| June | 1.5 | 23.9 | 666.4 | |
| July | 0.4 | 19.2 | 118.2 | |
| August | 0.5 | 5.8 | 54.7 | |
| September | 0.2 | 6.2 | 321.1 | |
| October | 0.6 | 11 | 177.6 | |
| November | 0.9 | 17.9 | 104.5 | |
| December | 0.5 | 11.2 | 44 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).