USGS Streamgage 06442600
Medicine Creek near Lower Brule, SD
Medicine Creek near Lower Brule, SD is USGS streamgage 06442600, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10140104. It drains a watershed of about 614 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 2014. Typical flow runs near 2.6 cfs in July and 17.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 614 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,484 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10140104
- Coordinates
- 44.01638, -99.74511
- USGS site number
- 06442600
- Records begin
- 2014-04-29 (12 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 12 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 | 5.5 | |
| February | 0 | 5.1 | 345.4 | |
| March | 0.2 | 4.3 | 999 | |
| April | 0.2 | 17.7 | 771 | |
| May | 0.1 | 19.7 | 1,569.4 | |
| June | 0 | 7.3 | 241.7 | |
| July | 0 | 2.6 | 133.1 | |
| August | 0 | 0.1 | 81.2 | |
| September | 0 | 0.1 | 92.6 | |
| October | 0 | 0.1 | 140.7 | |
| November | 0 | 0.2 | 5 | |
| December | 0 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).