USGS Streamgage 06436156
Whitetail Creek at Lead, SD
Whitetail Creek at Lead, SD is USGS streamgage 06436156, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10120202. It drains a watershed of about 7 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1988. Typical flow runs near 3 cfs in July and 5.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 7 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 5,077 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10120202
- Coordinates
- 44.34332, -103.76631
- USGS site number
- 06436156
- Records begin
- 1988-10-01 (38 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 | 2.7 | |
| February | 0.6 | 1 | 2.5 | |
| March | 1 | 2.2 | 7.5 | |
| April | 2.4 | 5.6 | 28.4 | |
| May | 3.8 | 11.2 | 60.5 | |
| June | 2.2 | 5.1 | 43.8 | |
| July | 1.4 | 3 | 11.3 | |
| August | 1 | 1.7 | 12.6 | |
| September | 0.7 | 1.5 | 7.2 | |
| October | 0.7 | 1.4 | 7.2 | |
| November | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.5 | |
| December | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).