USGS Streamgage 06412200
Rapid Creek above Victoria Creek near Rapid City, SD
Rapid Creek above Victoria Creek near Rapid City, SD is USGS streamgage 06412200, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10120110. It drains a watershed of about 356 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1988. Typical flow runs near 99.8 cfs in July and 22.8 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in July.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 356 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 3,557 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10120110
- Coordinates
- 44.0466, -103.35157
- USGS site number
- 06412200
- Records begin
- 1988-10-01 (38 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 9 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 | 10.1 | 19 | 87.8 | |
| February | 8.1 | 20.5 | 88 | |
| March | 10.8 | 21.3 | 151.2 | |
| April | 13.2 | 22.8 | 197.9 | |
| May | 23.9 | 76 | 439.8 | |
| June | 24.1 | 88.7 | 476.9 | |
| July | 30.4 | 99.8 | 177.3 | |
| August | 38.3 | 77.7 | 225.2 | |
| September | 21.4 | 48.9 | 121.2 | |
| October | 10.5 | 17.7 | 55.4 | |
| November | 10.6 | 16.7 | 83.5 | |
| December | 10.7 | 16.5 | 81.2 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).
Other gauges in this subbasin
- Victoria Creek above Victoria Dam near Rapid City, SD
- Victoria Creek below Victoria Dam near Rapid City, SD
- Rapid Creek above Canyon Lake near Rapid City, SD
- Wild Irishman Gulch near Rapid City, SD
- Cleghorn Springs at Rapid City, SD
- Rapid Creek below Cleghorn Springs at Rapid City, SD
- South Canyon near Rapid City, SD
- Rapid Creek at Rapid City, SD