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Spearfish Canyon Adventures
Spearfish Canyon Adventures

Spearfish Canyon Adventures

Spearfish Canyon Adventures is a kayak tour operator in Lead.

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Around Spearfish Canyon Adventures

Spearfish City Campground9.6 miChris' Campground9.7 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1989 to 2026

The water at Spearfish Canyon Adventures typically runs highest in June, at a median 19 cfs, and lowest in January, at 16 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 151 cfs, in 2013.

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Typical flow by month at Little Spearfish Creek near Lead, SD, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1612 to 20
February1612 to 19
March1613 to 20
April1714 to 21
May1815 to 25
June1915 to 25
July1815 to 23
August1814 to 22
September1714 to 21
October1714 to 21
November1613 to 21
December1613 to 20

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 36 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Spearfish Creek near Lead, SD (site 06430850). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Mon

62Maybe/ 100

Wind 13 kt · High 53°F

CloudyHigh 53°F, low 30°FRain 0%Wind 13 kt, gusts 18

Streamflow

12 cfs

Much below normal (8th)

Water level

4.73 ft

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 7.5 ft. NWS reads 4.73 ft here.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service.