Rivers in South Dakota

Flandreau Creek above Flandreau

Moody County, South DakotaNWS FCRS2USGS 06480650Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
4.35ftStage

Observed Sat, Sep 26, 9:45 PM CDT

Flood stage
9.00 ft
Record crest
14.00 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood15.00 ft
Moderate flood11.00 ft
Minor flood9.00 ft
Action8.00 ft
  1. 19.50 ftThe lower portions of 485th north of the bridge are flooded.
  2. 16.00 ftThe bridge on 483rd is overtopped.
  3. 15.00 ftThe bridges on 486th and 487th are overtopped.
  4. 13.00 ft487th Avenue north of the gauge begins to flood.
  5. 11.00 ftThe yard and storage sheds near the gauge begin flooding, along with major flooding of agricultural lands.
  6. 10.00 ftFlandreau Country Club golf course is flooded.
  7. 9.00 ftSignificant amounts of pasture land begin to flood.
  8. 5.00 ftMinor flooding of a small amount of very low lying pasture land begins.

Crest history

43 crests on NOAA’s list since 1982.

#DateStage
1September 12, 201914.00 ft
2September 24, 201012.94 ft
3May 6, 201212.89 ft
4June 22, 202411.63 ft
5March 28, 199711.40 ft
6July 4, 199311.28 ft
7July 4, 201811.10 ft
8April 24, 200111.04 ft
9June 20, 198411.02 ft
10March 23, 201110.07 ft
11June 17, 199010.04 ft
12March 28, 20199.98 ft
13March 1, 19839.92 ft
14September 21, 19869.76 ft
15March 25, 19899.62 ft
16April 23, 19859.14 ft
17February 28, 19929.06 ft
18June 19, 19949.04 ft
19July 15, 19829.01 ft
20April 1, 20028.89 ft
21April 19, 19958.73 ft
22May 30, 20048.43 ft
23August 10, 20158.40 ft
24April 1, 20068.08 ft
25May 13, 20227.89 ft

Most recent crests

  • July 1, 2025: 6.53 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 11.63 ft
  • May 13, 2022: 7.89 ft
  • March 24, 2021: 5.16 ft
  • April 1, 2020: 5.38 ft
  • September 12, 2019: 14.00 ft
  • March 28, 2019: 9.98 ft
  • July 4, 2018: 11.10 ft
  • August 18, 2017: 6.83 ft
  • March 9, 2016: 5.90 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. No forecasts are available for this location Gauge reading may be affected by ice.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.