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Little White River near Rosebud

Highest listed crest 14.09 ftFlood stage 10.0 ft96 crests since 1944

The Little White River near Rosebud crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 96 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1944 to 2024. The highest, 14.09 ft on June 11, 1967, was major flooding, 4.09 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Little White River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
14.09 ft
June 11, 1967; 4,640 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
10.0 ft
Major flooding from 14.0 ft
Crests at major
1
62nd of 155 gauges in South Dakota
Most recent flood crest
March 25, 2019
10.95 ft, minor flooding
Location
Todd County
South Dakota

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Little White River near Rosebud
Action stage8.016Mar 12, 2018The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)10.05Mar 25, 2019Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage12.04Mar 13, 2019Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage14.01Jun 11, 1967Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

96 crests from 1944 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Little White River near Rosebud, 1944 to 2024 051015ft Flood stage 10.0 ftMajor 14.0 ft May 17, 1944: 13.92 ft, moderate flooding; 4,470 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1945: 9.96 ft, action stageFeb 18, 1946: 2.99 ft, below flood stageMar 10, 1947: 6.53 ft, below flood stageAug 13, 1948: 5.52 ft, below flood stage; 498 cubic feet per secondMar 4, 1949: 10.28 ft, minor flooding; 1,250 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1950: 9.98 ft, action stage; 2,220 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1951: 6.24 ft, below flood stage; 340 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1952: 6.75 ft, below flood stage; 942 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1953: 5.13 ft, below flood stage; 510 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1954: 4.38 ft, below flood stage; 311 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1955: 9.33 ft, action stage; 770 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1956: 4.58 ft, below flood stage; 358 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1957: 4.80 ft, below flood stage; 410 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 1958: 5.40 ft, below flood stage; 575 cubic feet per secondAug 20, 1959: 6.62 ft, below flood stage; 943 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1960: 9.52 ft, action stage; 2,370 cubic feet per secondMay 19, 1961: 4.22 ft, below flood stage; 299 cubic feet per secondJul 12, 1962: 12.27 ft, moderate flooding; 3,600 cubic feet per secondJun 26, 1963: 5.26 ft, below flood stage; 617 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1964: 4.79 ft, below flood stage; 426 cubic feet per secondJul 5, 1965: 6.38 ft, below flood stage; 1,090 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1966: 7.44 ft, below flood stage; 1,460 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1967: 14.09 ft, major flooding; 4,640 cubic feet per secondJun 7, 1968: 10.51 ft, minor flooding; 2,850 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1969: 7.68 ft, below flood stage; 650 cubic feet per secondApr 24, 1970: 4.45 ft, below flood stage; 362 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 1971: 11.52 ft, minor flooding; 3,320 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 1972: 5.72 ft, below flood stage; 768 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1973: 4.48 ft, below flood stage; 365 cubic feet per secondAug 15, 1974: 4.25 ft, below flood stage; 237 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 1975: 4.83 ft, below flood stage; 469 cubic feet per secondJul 27, 1976: 7.45 ft, below flood stage; 1,430 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 1977: 7.28 ft, below flood stage; 1,380 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 1978: 8.13 ft, action stage; 1,560 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 1979: 10.81 ft, minor flooding; 2,830 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1980: 0.00 ft, below flood stage; 246 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1981: 5.60 ft, below flood stage; 368 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 1982: 6.91 ft, below flood stage; 500 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1983: 5.96 ft, below flood stage; 576 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 1984: 0.00 ft, below flood stage; 300 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1985: 4.74 ft, below flood stage; 181 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1986: 6.19 ft, below flood stage; 672 cubic feet per secondMar 23, 1987: 5.45 ft, below flood stage; 495 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1988: 5.24 ft, below flood stage; 454 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1989: 6.42 ft, below flood stage; 500 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 1990: 6.19 ft, below flood stage; 641 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1991: 9.76 ft, action stage; 2,140 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 1992: 5.09 ft, below flood stage; 229 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1993: 6.69 ft, below flood stage; 752 cubic feet per secondAug 24, 1994: 9.82 ft, action stage; 2,170 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 1995: 9.04 ft, action stage; 1,770 cubic feet per secondMay 28, 1996: 5.81 ft, below flood stage; 458 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 1997: 9.05 ft, action stage; 1,770 cubic feet per secondJul 1, 1998: 8.03 ft, action stageJan 30, 1999: 6.70 ft, below flood stage; 400 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 2000: 5.84 ft, below flood stage; 467 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 2001: 7.64 ft, below flood stageMar 13, 2001: 6.04 ft, below flood stage; 511 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2002: 6.07 ft, below flood stage; 500 cubic feet per secondFeb 26, 2003: 8.74 ft, action stageMay 24, 2003: 6.25 ft, below flood stage; 586 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 2004: 5.09 ft, below flood stage; 242 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 2005: 6.26 ft, below flood stage; 584 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 2006: 5.31 ft, below flood stage; 300 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 2007: 6.02 ft, below flood stage; 506 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 2008: 5.99 ft, below flood stage; 497 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 2009: 7.80 ft, below flood stage; 800 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 2009: 9.68 ft, action stageMar 9, 2010: 6.40 ft, below flood stage; 632 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 2011: 12.60 ft, moderate floodingMar 16, 2011: 7.18 ft, below flood stage; 920 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 2012: 9.20 ft, action stageApr 15, 2012: 5.09 ft, below flood stage; 274 cubic feet per secondJul 31, 2013: 8.10 ft, action stage; 1,310 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 2014: 7.21 ft, below flood stageJun 3, 2014: 6.02 ft, below flood stage; 580 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 2014: 7.97 ft, below flood stageMay 31, 2015: 6.24 ft, below flood stage; 653 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 2015: 8.48 ft, action stageMay 1, 2016: 5.47 ft, below flood stage; 395 cubic feet per secondFeb 18, 2017: 6.54 ft, below flood stageMay 18, 2017: 5.23 ft, below flood stage; 341 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 2018: 8.23 ft, action stageMar 18, 2018: 5.47 ft, below flood stage; 396 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 2019: 13.31 ft, moderate floodingMar 25, 2019: 10.95 ft, minor flooding; 3,650 cubic feet per secondMar 8, 2020: 5.34 ft, below flood stageMar 1, 2021: 7.72 ft, below flood stageMar 8, 2021: 5.31 ft, below flood stage; 366 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 2022: 6.06 ft, below flood stageApr 30, 2022: 4.89 ft, below flood stage; 271 cubic feet per secondDec 13, 2022: 7.94 ft, below flood stageJul 31, 2023: 5.45 ft, below flood stage; 460 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 2024: 6.37 ft, below flood stageMay 4, 2024: 5.03 ft, below flood stage; 339 cubic feet per second Highest, 14.09 ft, Jun 11, 1967 1960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Little White River near Rosebud 1940s: 2 1950s: 0 1960s: 3 3 1970s: 2 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 3 2020s: 0 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 96 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Little White River near Rosebud
1Jun 11, 196714.09+4.09Major4,640
2May 17, 194413.92+3.92Moderate4,470
3Mar 13, 201913.31+3.31Moderate—
4Mar 11, 201112.60+2.60Moderate—
5Jul 12, 196212.27+2.27Moderate3,600
6Apr 20, 197111.52+1.52Minor3,320
7Mar 25, 201910.95+0.95Minor3,650
8Jun 25, 197910.81+0.81Minor2,830
9Jun 7, 196810.51+0.51Minor2,850
10Mar 4, 194910.28+0.28Minor1,250
11Mar 23, 19509.98−0.02Action2,220
12Mar 10, 19459.96−0.04Action—
13Aug 24, 19949.82−0.18Action2,170
14May 17, 19919.76−0.24Action2,140
15Mar 3, 20099.68−0.32Action—
16Mar 21, 19609.52−0.48Action2,370
17Mar 11, 19559.33−0.67Action770
18Feb 15, 20129.20−0.80Action—
19Jun 6, 19979.05−0.95Action1,770
20Jun 23, 19959.04−0.96Action1,770
21Feb 26, 20038.74−1.26Action—
22Dec 26, 20158.48−1.52Action—
23Mar 12, 20188.23−1.77Action—
24Mar 19, 19788.13−1.87Action1,560
25Jul 31, 20138.10−1.90Action1,310
26Jul 1, 19988.03−1.97Action—
27Dec 26, 20147.97−2.03Below flood stage—
28Dec 13, 20227.94−2.06Below flood stage—
29Feb 10, 20097.80−2.20Below flood stage800
30Mar 1, 20217.72−2.28Below flood stage—
31Mar 18, 19697.68−2.32Below flood stage650
32Mar 9, 20017.64−2.36Below flood stage—
33Jul 27, 19767.45−2.55Below flood stage1,430
34Mar 14, 19667.44−2.56Below flood stage1,460
35Sep 30, 19777.28−2.72Below flood stage1,380
36Mar 11, 20147.21−2.79Below flood stage—
37Mar 16, 20117.18−2.82Below flood stage920
38Feb 19, 19826.91−3.09Below flood stage500
39Mar 29, 19526.75−3.25Below flood stage942
40Jan 30, 19996.70−3.30Below flood stage400
41Aug 16, 19936.69−3.31Below flood stage752
42Aug 20, 19596.62−3.38Below flood stage943
43Feb 18, 20176.54−3.46Below flood stage—
44Mar 10, 19476.53−3.47Below flood stage—
45Mar 10, 19896.42−3.58Below flood stage500
46Mar 9, 20106.40−3.60Below flood stage632
47Jul 5, 19656.38−3.62Below flood stage1,090
48Feb 4, 20246.37−3.63Below flood stage—
49Apr 22, 20056.26−3.74Below flood stage584
50May 24, 20036.25−3.75Below flood stage586

The worst floods along the Little White River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Little White River that crested above flood stage within a week.

June 11, 1967: 14.09 ft here, major flooding

  • MartinSD · Jun 14, 1967 · 10.21 ft · Minor

March 11, 2011: 12.60 ft here, moderate flooding

  • MartinSD · Mar 14, 2011 · 10.24 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Little White River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Little White River
MartinSD10.014.38 ft, Mar 23, 20194
VetalSD11.012.53 ft, May 16, 19912
Rosebud this gaugeSD10.014.09 ft, Jun 11, 19671
White RiverSD13.013.76 ft, Jun 3, 19970

Other gauges in Todd County

Flood gauges in Todd County
Mission6.07.44 ft, Mar 23, 20190

Todd County: every hazard · River floods across the country · South Dakota

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RSBS2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.