Dave Spaid Hunting and Fishing Guide Service
Bad River near Dave Spaid Hunting and Fishing Guide Service
About this river
Bad River is a 14.3 mile river near Dave Spaid Hunting and Fishing Guide Service in South Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bad River near Fort Pierre, SD (site 06441500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
Bad River typically runs highest in March, at a median 54 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 27,200 cfs, in 1942.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.8 | |
| February | 1.0 | 0.0 to 19 | |
| March | 54 | 4.3 to 271 | |
| April | 39 | 3.7 to 222 | |
| May | 30 | 2.7 to 155 | |
| June | 39 | 3.8 to 196 | |
| July | 6.1 | 0.1 to 39 | |
| August | 0.5 | 0.0 to 9.6 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.8 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.2 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.4 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.3 |
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 97 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bad River near Fort Pierre, SD (site 06441500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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