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Cheyenne River

River in South Dakota, read from 7 USGS gauges, draining about 21,351 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

45.1

cfs · 43 min ago

Normal for today

229

cfs median, 58 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

8.12

ft

Below normal for the date20% of medianUSGS gauge 06438500
Thirty-day mean discharge · 42.6–592 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR PLAINVIEW, SD0643850045.1 cfs—43 min ago
CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR WASTA, SD0642350064.8 cfs—43 min ago
CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR SCENIC, SD0640865047.7 cfs—58 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 229 cfs over 58 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 150 and 315 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Reports

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