Rivers in South Dakota

Cherry Creek (SD) near Plainview

Meade County, South DakotaNWS CHCS2USGS 06439000Rapid City office

Below flood stage
2.65ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 2:15 PM MDT

Flood stage
19.00 ft
Record crest
22.63 ft1952

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood22.00 ft
Moderate flood20.00 ft
Minor flood19.00 ft
Action17.00 ft
  1. 25.00 ftTop of erosion control wall.
  2. 22.00 ftMajor Flood Stage.
  3. 20.00 ftModerate Flood Stage.
  4. 19.00 ftMinor Flood Stage.
  5. 17.00 ftAction Stage. Lowland flooding along the river.

Crest history

64 crests on NOAA’s list since 1946.

#DateStage
1April 1, 195222.63 ft
2June 7, 200820.48 ft
3March 22, 197819.60 ft
4May 29, 199619.43 ft
5April 15, 200919.42 ft
6May 22, 198219.30 ft
7March 4, 199419.05 ft
8June 10, 196418.93 ft
9February 24, 199718.00 ft
10May 10, 198617.34 ft
11June 16, 195316.91 ft
12May 22, 196216.86 ft
13July 22, 199316.59 ft
14April 29, 197516.27 ft
15May 31, 197115.36 ft
16April 20, 199715.28 ft
17June 15, 196714.81 ft
18May 10, 199514.68 ft
19June 19, 198414.54 ft
20June 25, 194714.25 ft
21April 5, 198713.41 ft
22March 16, 196613.08 ft
23February 3, 199913.07 ft
24April 8, 195012.90 ft
25March 27, 194912.88 ft

Most recent crests

  • April 26, 2024: 5.27 ft
  • June 26, 2023: 11.35 ft
  • April 29, 2022: 6.06 ft
  • April 15, 2009: 19.42 ft
  • June 7, 2008: 20.48 ft
  • May 14, 2005: 6.41 ft
  • August 5, 2004: 8.62 ft
  • March 21, 2003: 8.69 ft
  • June 15, 2002: 3.98 ft
  • March 10, 2001: 12.58 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.

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.