About this river
Rapid Creek is a 22.0 mile river near Pactola Marina in South Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rapid Creek below Pactola Dam, SD (site 06411500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1964 to 2026
Rapid Creek typically runs highest in July, at a median 81 cfs, and lowest in February, at 20 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 558 cfs, in 2015.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 16 to 31 | |
| February | 20 | 16 to 35 | |
| March | 23 | 16 to 41 | |
| April | 33 | 18 to 66 | |
| May | 69 | 42 to 132 | |
| June | 70 | 45 to 127 | |
| July | 81 | 60 to 104 | |
| August | 61 | 49 to 81 | |
| September | 45 | 32 to 61 | |
| October | 22 | 16 to 39 | |
| November | 21 | 16 to 36 | |
| December | 20 | 16 to 34 |
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 62 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rapid Creek below Pactola Dam, SD (site 06411500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Rapid Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Pactola South Public Water AccessPublic
- Pactola North Public Water AccessPublic
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