![]() ![]() Heavy rain over the Cheyenne, Bad and White River basins began May 5 with the worst flooding on the Cheyenne and Bad River. ![]() In Rapid City, 51.9 inches of snow fell March 31 to April 15. A wet, snowy spring followed three years of drought. May 1927 (Western South Dakota) Flooding occurred over the Cheyenne, Bad, White and Missouri rivers. (Rapid City, Sturgis, and Deadwood) Three inches of rain fell in three hours causing flooding. Six deaths, $100,000 in railroad damage and $200,000 total damage were reported.Īpril 1924 (Belle Fourche) Warm temperatures and rain caused rapid melting of five feet of snow, causing flooding in Belle Fourche beginning on April 9. Fifty-five houses were destroyed and damage estimates were $150,000. ![]() Bridges over Rapid Creek were destroyed. Flooding was reported over a large part of the Cheyenne basin with an estimated 13 foot crest at Edgemont, 18 feet at Wasta and 19 feet at Eagle Butte. ![]() The Weather Bureau issued warnings for a rise to six feet above normal on Rapid Creek which was already 3.5 feet above normal. May 1920 (Black Hills and the Plains) on May 10-2, 4.75 inches of rain fell on saturated ground. The Bad River was nearly a mile wide in some locations. Flooding in August destroyed railroad tracks, a few homes and damaged a stockyard. Heavy snowfall in March was followed by heavy rain in May. In Belle Fourche, $500,000 damage was reported.įlooding in Rapid City, J(photo courtesy of the Rapid City Journal).Īugust 1915 (Bad River) Flooding occurred several times in 1915. Twenty houses along Bear Butte Creek were evacuated on June 11. Spearfish Creek was a half mile wide at the mouth with flooding on Elk and Box Elder creeks. May and June 1909 (Northern Black Hills) Thunderstorms flooded streets, railroads and mines in Deadwood, Lead, Rapid City, and Spearfish. Peak flow was estimated at 13,000 cfs with $100,000 damage in Rapid City, plus $100,000 damage to railroads and four deaths. Canyon Lake washed out and remained dry until 1932. J(Rapid Creek) An average of five inches of rain caused rapid melting of snow and the worse flood in Rapid City prior to 1972. Every bridge over Rapid Creek between Mystic and Creston was destroyed. $100,000 damage and seven deaths were reported. This was three feet higher than the highest documented flood of June 1867. A series of small dams washed out, and the river level was an estimated 12 feet above flood stage. Seventeen houses in Fort Pierre were swept into the Missouri River, 40 houses were damaged and 75 families evacuated. July 1905 (Bad River) The Bad River flooded from Philip to Fort Pierre due to a week of heavy rain. J(Rapid City) Street flooding occurred in Rapid City. J(Rapid City) Flooding caused damage to railroads and roads. Water covered the flat between 5 th and West Boulevard and from Omaha Street to Denver Street. All the bridges across Rapid Creek in Rapid City were destroyed water was two feet deep on Main Street and cellars were filled with water causing considerable damage. J(Deadwood) Heavy rain caused flooding in Deadwood.Īug(Rapid City) Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Rapid Creek in Rapid City. Four deaths and $250,000 damage was reported.ġ885 (Black Hills) More than $25,000 damage occurred when Rapid, Box Elder, and Elk creeks flooded. Several days of torrential rain over the Black Hills caused flooding on Rapid Creek and the Belle Fourche River on May 17 - 18. May 1883 (Black Hills) Heavy, wet spring snowstorms caused flooding which washed away most of Deadwood on May 16. On July 12, a freight train of ten or twelve ox wagons loaded with machinery for the Homestake Mine were covered with water and some washed downstream. NOTE: Financial damage estimates are the value when the event occurred.ġ878 (Black Hills) Flooding caused minor damage in April, May and June. Summary of Historic Floods and Flash Floods ![]()
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