Flood, Butte
- When
- March 6, 9:00 AM MST to March 7, 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Butte County, 4.4 mi NNW of Hoover to 35.33 mi ESE of Belle Fourche
- Cause
- Ice Jam
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -103.300
Flood in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 2009
Ice jams caused minor flooding along Indian Creek, the South Fork of the Moreau River, and the Belle Fourche River near the diversion canal. Water from Indian Creek flowed over Arpan Road, several yards in Belle Fourche were flooded, and flooded pasture land along the Moreau River affected calving operations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Ice jams caused minor flooding along Indian Creek, the South Fork of the Moreau River, and the Belle Fourche River near the diversion canal. Water from Indian Creek flowed over Arpan Road, several yards in Belle Fourche were flooded, and flooded pasture land along the Moreau River affected calving operations.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in North Dakota, March 6 to April 1, 2009
- Hail in Missouri, March 6 to 7, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 6 to 10, 2009
- High Wind in Texas, March 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 6, 2009
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 2009
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 6, 2009
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 6, 2009
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 6, 2009
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2009
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 161883.