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Plum Creek in South Dakota

River58.6 mi
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10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Plum Creek is a 58.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at USGS gauge site 06441110. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1990 to 2021

Plum Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 3.6 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,930 cfs, in 1995.

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Typical flow by month at USGS gauge 06441110, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.00.0 to 0.5
February1.30.0 to 30
March2.80.1 to 34
April0.40.0 to 22
May0.80.0 to 65
June3.60.0 to 92
July0.70.0 to 5.9
August0.00.0 to 0.0
September0.00.0 to 0.0
October0.00.0 to 0.0
November0.00.0 to 0.0
December0.00.0 to 0.0

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 6 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for USGS gauge 06441110 (site 06441110). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Plum Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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