Rapid Creek above Water Reclamation Facility near Rapid City
Highest listed crest 11.23 ftFlood stage 9.0 ft8 crests since 2017
The Rapid Creek above Water Reclamation Facility near Rapid City crested above flood stage 2 times among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2017 to 2024. The highest, 11.23 ft on May 28, 2019, was moderate flooding, 2.23 feet above flood stage. 3 other gauges on the Rapid Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 11.23 ft
- May 28, 2019; 2,040 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 9.0 ft
- Major flooding from 13.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 2 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- May 28, 2019
- 11.23 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 8.0 | 1 | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 9.0 | 1 | Jul 22, 2018 |
| Moderate flood stage | 11.0 | 1 | May 28, 2019 |
| Major flood stage | 13.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
8 crests from 2017 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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.
- 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
| 1 | May 28, 2019 | 11.23 | +2.23 | Moderate |
| 2 | Jul 22, 2018 | 9.30 | +0.30 | Minor |
| 3 | Jul 25, 2022 | 8.24 | −0.76 | Action |
| 4 | Jun 5, 2020 | 7.49 | −1.51 | Below flood stage |
| 5 | Aug 15, 2017 | 7.15 | −1.85 | Below flood stage |
| 6 | May 29, 2023 | 7.01 | −1.99 | Below flood stage |
| 7 | Apr 7, 2024 | 6.99 | −2.01 | Below flood stage |
| 8 | May 24, 2021 | 6.50 | −2.50 | Below flood stage |
The worst floods along the Rapid Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Rapid Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
May 28, 2019: 11.23 ft here, moderate flooding
- FarmingdaleSD · May 29, 2019 · 12.52 ft · Major
- Victoria Creek near Rapid CitySD · May 28, 2019 · 8.27 ft · Minor
- Johnson SidingSD · May 31, 2019 · 4.54 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Rapid Creek
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Johnson Siding | SD | 4.88 ft, Jun 24, 2015 | 0 |
| Big Bend | SD | 7.43 ft, Jun 24, 2015 | 0 |
| Victoria Creek near Rapid City | SD | 13.00 ft, Jun 9, 1972 | 1 |
| Founders Park | SD | 11.18 ft, Jun 2, 1997 | 0 |
| Hawthorne Ditch at Rapid City | SD | 24.30 ft, Jun 9, 1972 | 0 |
| Water Reclamation Facility near Rapid City this gauge | SD | 11.23 ft, May 28, 2019 | 0 |
| Farmingdale | SD | 12.69 ft, May 24, 2010 | 3 |
Other gauges in Pennington County
| Keystone | 14.50 ft, Jun 9, 1972 | 1 |
| Keystone | 14.50 ft, Jun 9, 1972 | 1 |
| Rapid City | 34.24 ft, Jul 5, 2019 | 0 |
| Deerfield | 6.54 ft, Mar 15, 2019 | 0 |
| Scenic | 19.31 ft, Mar 11, 2011 | 0 |
| Wasta | 18.00 ft, May 15, 1920 | 2 |
| Keystone | 6.32 ft, Oct 11, 2013 | 1 |
| Johnson Siding | 4.88 ft, Jun 24, 2015 | 0 |
| Victoria Creek near Rapid City | 13.00 ft, Jun 9, 1972 | 1 |
| Big Bend | 7.43 ft, Jun 24, 2015 | 0 |
| Founders Park | 11.18 ft, Jun 2, 1997 | 0 |
| Hawthorne Ditch at Rapid City | 24.30 ft, Jun 9, 1972 | 0 |
| Farmingdale | 12.69 ft, May 24, 2010 | 3 |
| Hill City | 6.32 ft, May 26, 2015 | 0 |
| Rockerville | 14.00 ft, Jun 10, 1972 | 1 |
| Hill City | 8.23 ft, Jun 18, 1998 | 1 |
| Victoria Dam nr Rapid City | 8.20 ft, May 28, 2019 | 1 |
Pennington County: every hazard · River floods across the country · South Dakota
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RCVS2, 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.