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Around Spring Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Spring Creek is a 36.3 mile river near The Marina at Sheridan Lake in South Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Spring Creek near Keystone, SD (site 06407500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1987 to 2026
Spring Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 24 cfs, and lowest in September, at 4.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,180 cfs, in 2019.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5 | 1.9 to 8.0 |
| February | 4.7 | 2.4 to 8.7 |
| March | 10 | 6.0 to 16 |
| April | 15 | 8.8 to 25 |
| May | 24 | 12 to 61 |
| June | 23 | 9.9 to 106 |
| July | 14 | 3.4 to 53 |
| August | 7.4 | 2.5 to 27 |
| September | 4.2 | 1.0 to 15 |
| October | 6.5 | 1.2 to 17 |
| November | 6.1 | 2.5 to 13 |
| December | 4.7 | 2.0 to 10 |
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 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Spring Creek near Keystone, SD (site 06407500). 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 Spring Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Sheridan South Public Water AccessPublic
- Sheridan North Public Water AccessPublic
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