Rivers in South Dakota

Missouri River near Greenwood

Charles Mix County, South DakotaNWS GRWS2USGS 06453020Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
24.76ftStage

Observed Thu, Sep 24, 6:15 PM CDT

Flood stage
30.00 ft
Record crest
38.78 ft2011

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood32.00 ft
Moderate flood31.00 ft
Minor flood30.00 ft
Action29.00 ft
  1. 37.50 ftCounty Road 2 in Charles Mix County is flooded between 395th Avenue and 491st Avenue.
  2. 30.00 ftFlooding begins to affect significant amounts of agricultural land.

Crest history

27 crests on NOAA’s list since 1994.

#DateStage
1July 7, 201138.78 ft
2September 29, 201932.35 ft
3October 8, 199731.89 ft
4September 30, 199731.79 ft
5September 5, 199530.76 ft
6July 27, 199630.59 ft
7January 6, 199930.53 ft
8August 16, 201830.50 ft
9August 31, 201029.87 ft
10January 8, 199429.13 ft
11October 7, 199928.82 ft
12September 16, 201428.79 ft
13October 1, 201128.06 ft
14December 23, 200827.88 ft
15August 5, 200627.65 ft
16October 8, 202427.53 ft
17October 14, 201227.40 ft
18October 2, 200027.30 ft
19June 2, 201727.06 ft
20October 3, 202327.06 ft
21May 27, 202526.94 ft
22August 26, 200826.83 ft
23January 7, 202226.77 ft
24April 20, 202026.72 ft
25September 29, 202126.44 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 27, 2025: 26.94 ft
  • October 8, 2024: 27.53 ft
  • October 3, 2023: 27.06 ft
  • January 7, 2022: 26.77 ft
  • September 29, 2021: 26.44 ft
  • April 20, 2020: 26.72 ft
  • September 29, 2019: 32.35 ft
  • August 16, 2018: 30.50 ft
  • June 2, 2017: 27.06 ft
  • January 19, 2016: 26.09 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. Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.

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.