BEAR BUTTE CREEK AT AVALANCHE ROAD AT STURGIS, SD
USGS 06437300 · South Dakota · reports gauge height
USGS 06437300 · South Dakota · reports gauge height
No current reading. USGS answered but returned no recent value for this gauge (ice, maintenance or a seasonal gauge).
No flow at this gauge. USGS does not publish discharge here, so there are no flow statistics either; it reports what is shown. Flow on the same river: BEAR BUTTE CREEK NEAR DEADWOOD, SD (USGS 06437020, 7.6 miles away).
Map of USGS gauge 06437300 and the river around it
Where BEAR BUTTE CREEK AT AVALANCHE ROAD AT STURGIS, SD sits, with 2 other gauges on the same river.
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks publishes no water-temperature line for trout anglers that we found. The lines below are the National Park Service's, federal guidance, not a South Dakota rule: 68°F.
Species list not on file for this gauge. Check the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks: South Dakota fishery surveys, reports and stocking · South Dakota regulations and handbooks.
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Checked Nov 6, 3:54 AM UTC; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.