About this river
Platte Creek is a 14.9 mile river near Platte Creek Lodge & Guide Service in South Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Platte Creek near Platte, SD (site 06452320). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1989 to 2026
Platte Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 8.1 cfs, and lowest in September, at 0.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,200 cfs, in 2019.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8 | 0.1 to 3.6 | |
| February | 1.0 | 0.2 to 4.3 | |
| March | 4.1 | 1.2 to 31 | |
| April | 8.1 | 1.5 to 44 | |
| May | 6.8 | 1.5 to 42 | |
| June | 4.3 | 0.8 to 68 | |
| July | 1.3 | 0.1 to 22 | |
| August | 0.6 | 0.0 to 7.8 | |
| September | 0.3 | 0.0 to 5.9 | |
| October | 0.6 | 0.0 to 3.9 | |
| November | 0.8 | 0.0 to 4.4 | |
| December | 0.6 | 0.1 to 5.1 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 37 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Platte Creek near Platte, SD (site 06452320). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Platte Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Platte Creek Recreation AreaPublic
- Platte Public Water AccessPublic
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