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White Clay Creek in South Dakota

River32.9 mi
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5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

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White Clay Creek is a 32.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge White River near Oglala, SD (site 06446000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1944 to 2026

White Clay Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 58 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,960 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at White River near Oglala, SD, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January137.0 to 24
February2312 to 50
March5835 to 108
April5531 to 89
May5633 to 110
June5325 to 106
July2411 to 51
August124.0 to 29
September9.02.3 to 19
October114.4 to 20
November167.3 to 26
December137.5 to 21

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 83 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for White River near Oglala, SD (site 06446000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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