Rivers in South Dakota

Platte Creek near Platte

Charles Mix County, South DakotaNWS PCPS2USGS 06452320Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
1.57ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 27, 8:15 AM CDT

Flood stage
12.00 ft
Record crest
21.15 ft2019

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood16.00 ft
Moderate flood14.00 ft
Minor flood12.00 ft
Action10.00 ft
  1. 20.00 ftWater crosses Highway 1804 at the gauge.
  2. 18.00 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge on Highway 1804 at the gage.
  3. 12.00 ftSignificant agricultural flooding begins.

Crest history

35 crests on NOAA’s list since 1989.

#DateStage
1September 12, 201921.15 ft
2July 6, 201114.65 ft
3May 8, 199712.67 ft
4March 13, 201912.27 ft
5May 11, 199511.29 ft
6June 22, 202410.03 ft
7May 8, 199910.02 ft
8May 23, 201610.01 ft
9May 28, 19968.72 ft
10June 10, 20208.49 ft
11March 14, 20108.20 ft
12April 24, 20017.58 ft
13June 17, 19937.24 ft
14June 6, 20086.91 ft
15June 23, 20076.01 ft
16March 4, 19945.98 ft
17August 29, 20145.20 ft
18May 24, 19905.14 ft
19August 4, 19984.77 ft
20July 2, 20154.72 ft
21April 17, 20124.52 ft
22June 11, 20054.32 ft
23June 4, 19914.28 ft
24October 14, 20234.02 ft
25September 3, 20094.01 ft

Most recent crests

  • April 25, 2025: 2.28 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 10.03 ft
  • October 14, 2023: 4.02 ft
  • June 10, 2020: 8.49 ft
  • September 12, 2019: 21.15 ft
  • March 13, 2019: 12.27 ft
  • September 25, 2017: 3.27 ft
  • May 23, 2016: 10.01 ft
  • July 2, 2015: 4.72 ft
  • August 29, 2014: 5.20 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.