Rivers in South Dakota

Elm Creek at New Underwood Rd near Hereford

Meade County, South DakotaNWS HEMS2Rapid City office

Below flood stage
2357.5ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 9:15 PM MDT

Flood stage
2372.0 ft

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood2381.0 ft
Moderate flood2376.0 ft
Minor flood2372.0 ft
Action2370.0 ft
  1. 2381.0 ftMajor flood stage. Widespread and significant flooding along Elm Creek. Water is close to the bottom of the Elm Creek bridge on New Underwood Road.
  2. 2376.0 ftModerate flood stage. Widespread flooding of pasture land along Elm Creek.
  3. 2372.0 ftMinor flood stage. Minor flooding along Elm Creek is possible.
  4. 2370.0 ftLow lying areas along Elm Creek may flood.

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.