Rivers in South Dakota

Beaver Creek (SD) at Canton

Lincoln County, South DakotaNWS BCCS2Sioux Falls office

Below flood stage
1243.1ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 3:00 PM CDT

Flood stage
1247.0 ft
Record crest
1257.5 ft2024

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood1251.0 ft
Moderate flood1249.0 ft
Minor flood1247.0 ft
Action1246.0 ft
  1. 1258.5 ftThe bridge on Hwy 18 is overtopped and structures are flooded.
  2. 1256.0 ftHighway 18 on the west side of Canton begins to flood, as does 480th Avenue northwest of Canton.
  3. 1254.0 ftThe bridge on Bridge Street is overtopped, and water reaches the bottom of the bridge on 480th Avenue northwest of Canton.
  4. 1251.0 ftBridge Street floods, and major agricultural flooding begins.
  5. 1249.0 ftWater reaches the bottom of the bridge on Bridge Street.
  6. 1247.0 ftMinor flooding of pasture and other agricultural lands begins.
  7. 1246.0 ftThe lowest banks are overtopped.

Crest history

6 crests on NOAA’s list since 2019.

#DateStage
1June 22, 20241257.5 ft
2August 29, 20211248.1 ft
3March 29, 20201247.7 ft
4September 11, 20191246.4 ft
5March 29, 20231246.1 ft
6December 16, 20251244.0 ft

Most recent crests

  • December 16, 2025: 1244.0 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 1257.5 ft
  • March 29, 2023: 1246.1 ft
  • August 29, 2021: 1248.1 ft
  • March 29, 2020: 1247.7 ft
  • September 11, 2019: 1246.4 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.