USGS Streamgage 06452320
Platte Creek near Platte, SD
Platte Creek near Platte, SD is USGS streamgage 06452320, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10140101. It drains a watershed of about 747 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1988. Typical flow runs near 1.4 cfs in July and 8.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 747 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,366 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10140101
- Coordinates
- 43.32722, -98.97064
- USGS site number
- 06452320
- Records begin
- 1988-10-01 (38 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 38 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 | 0.7 | 6.7 | |
| February | 0.1 | 1.1 | 84.7 | |
| March | 0.6 | 4 | 302.8 | |
| April | 0.5 | 8.6 | 199.3 | |
| May | 0.4 | 7.8 | 279.9 | |
| June | 0.1 | 5.1 | 348.1 | |
| July | 0 | 1.4 | 300.6 | |
| August | 0 | 0.6 | 77.6 | |
| September | 0 | 0.3 | 17.5 | |
| October | 0 | 0.5 | 23.9 | |
| November | 0 | 0.8 | 47.8 | |
| December | 0 | 0.6 | 18.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).