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Belle Fourche River

River in South Dakota, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 7,004 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

9.5

cfs · 35 min ago

Normal for today

73.0

cfs median, 73 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

3.68

ft

Below normal for the date13% of medianUSGS gauge 06438000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 12.9–124 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR ELM SPRINGS, SD064380009.5 cfs—35 min ago
BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR STURGIS, SD0643700036.2 cfs—20 min ago
BELLE FOURCHE RIVER NEAR FRUITDALE, SD064360006.7 cfs—20 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 73.0 cfs over 73 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 49.0 and 157 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Belle Fourche River

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