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Table 1.  Site information for selected precipitation gages in the Black Hills area

[Station type:  S, seasonal gage; Y, year-round gage; --, not applicable or available]



Map number

Station number

Station name

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude, in feet above sea level

Station type1

Water years with measured record

(degrees, minutes, seconds)

First2

Last

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Stations

1

390217

Angostura Dam

43 21 --

103 26 --

3,140

--

1948

1971

2

390236

Ardmore 2N

43 03 --

103 39 --

3,550

--

1931

1998

3

390559

Belle Fourche

44 40 --

103 51 --

3,020

--

1931

1998

4

391124

Buffalo Gap

43 30 --

103 19 --

3,220

--

1951

1998

5

381246

Buskala Ranch

44 13 --

103 49 --

6,110

--

1931

1998

6

392087

Custer

43 46 --

103 37 --

5,480

--

1931

1998

7

392089

Custer 6SW

43 42 --

103 42 --

5,180

--

1949

1957

8

392207

Deadwood

44 22 --

103 44 --

4,670

--

1942

1998

9

392228

Deerfield 5NW

44 04 --

103 54 --

6,220

--

1953

1980

10

392231

Deerfield 3SE

44 00 --

103 47 --

6,060

--

1981

1998

11

392234

Deerfield Dam

44 01 --

103 47 --

5,870

--

1931

1956

12

392316

Dewey 15NNE

43 43 --

103 55 --

5,090

--

1949

1958

13

392409

Dumont 2ENE

44 15 --

103 46 --

6,140

--

1931

1969

14

392557

Edgemont

43 18 --

103 50 --

3,460

--

1949

1998

15

392559

Edgemont 10N

43 27 --

103 50 --

3,940

--

1949

1957

16

392565

Edgemont 23NNW

43 37 --

103 55 --

4,402

--

1990

1998

17

393069

Fort Meade

44 25 --

103 29 --

3,300

--

1949

1998

18

393572

Hardy Ranger Station

44 09 --

103 57 --

6,470

--

1931

1951

19

393775

Hermosa 3SSW

43 48 --

103 13 --

3,425

--

1941

1998

20

393868

Hill City

43 56 --

103 34 --

4,980

--

1955

1998

21

394007

Hot Springs

43 26 --

103 28 --

3,560

--

1931

1998

22

394009

Hot Springs 7W

43 26 --

103 36 --

3,980

--

1949

1958

23

394010

Hot Springs 9SW

43 18 --

103 33 --

3,280

--

1949

1957

24

394556

Keystone

43 54 --

103 25 --

4,436

--

1990

1997

25

394834

Lead

44 21 --

103 46 --

5,350

--

1931

1998

26

394836

Lead 6SSW

44 17 --

103 48 --

5,840

--

1970

1975

27

395744

Moon

43 57 --

104 00 --

6,350

--

1950

1953

28

395854

Mt. Coolidge

43 45 --

103 29 --

6,400

--

1953

1975

29

395870

Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

43 53 --

103 27 --

5,250

--

1962

1998

30

395929

Mystic

44 05 --

103 39 --

4,820

--

1951

1958

31

396054

Newell

44 43 --

103 25 --

2,860

--

1931

1998

32

396212

Oelrichs

43 11 --

103 14 --

3,340

--

1931

1998

33

396214

Oelrichs 8W

43 11 --

103 22 --

3,500

--

1949

1958

34

396304

Oral

43 24 --

103 16 --

2,960

--

1971

1998

35

396357

Orman Dam

44 44 --

103 40 --

2,930

--

1931

1974

36

396427

Pactola Dam

44 04 --

103 29 --

4,720

--

1951

1998

37

396812

Provo

43 12 --

103 50 --

3,710

--

1949

1958

38

396937

Rapid City Regional Airport

44 03 --

103 03 --

3,160

--

1950

1998

39

396947

Rapid City 4NW

44 07 --

103 17 --

3,450

--

1931

1998

40

397033

Redfern

44 00 --

103 39 --

5,510

--

1951

1955

41

397222

Rochford

44 08 --

103 43 --

5,290

--

1931

1951

42

397227

Rochford 2WNW

44 08 --

103 45 --

5,450

--

1948

1998

43

397367

Rumford

43 08 --

103 42 --

3,530

--

1949

1958

44

397418

Saint Onge 2S

44 32 --

103 43 --

3,510

--

1993

1998

45

397797

Smithwick 6SW

43 16 --

103 19 --

3,200

--

1949

1957

46

397877

Spearfish 9WNW

44 33 --

104 01 --

3,430

--

1931

1964

47

397882

Spearfish

44 31 --

103 52 --

3,640

--

1931

1998

48

398552

Vale

44 37 --

103 24 --

2,770

--

1931

1978

49

399347

Wind Cave

43 33 --

103 29 --

4,140

--

1948

1998

50

480200

Alva 5ESE, Wyo.

44 39 --

104 21 --

4,390

--

1944

1986

51

486660

Newcastle, Wyo.

43 51 --

104 13 --

4,310

--

1931

1998

52

488705

Sundance, Wyo.

44 24 --

104 23 --

4,750

--

1931

1998

U.S. Geological Survey Stations

53

06392900

Beaver Creek at Mallo Camp

44 05 06

104 03 36

6,030

Y

1989

1998

54

06404000

Battle Creek near Keystone

43 52 21

103 20 10

3,800

Y

1988

1998

55

06405800

Bear Gulch near Hayward

43 47 31

103 20 49

4,110

Y

1989

1998

56

06408700

Rhoads Fork near Rochford

44 08 12

103 51 29

5,965

Y

1982

1998

57

06408860

Rapid Creek near Rochford

44 06 17

103 38 35

5,000

Y

1988

1995

58

06422500

Boxelder Creek near Nemo

44 08 38

103 27 16

4,320

Y

1987

1998

59

06422600

Boxelder Creek near Camp Columbus

44 08 00

103 25 43

4,260

S

1988

1998

60

06424000

Elk Creek near Roubaix

44 17 41

103 35 47

4,881

S

1992

1998

61

06429900

Sand Creek at Ranch A, near Beulah, Wyo.

44 29 42

104 06 34

3,800

Y

1989

1995

62

06430528

McNenny State Fish Hatchery

44 33 31

104 00 36

3,395

S

1992

1998

63

431806103351800

Highland Cemetery near Hot Springs

43 18 06

103 35 08

3,380

S

1991

1998

64

432343103421500

Parker Peak near Edgemont

43 23 43

103 42 15

4,090

S

1991

1998

65

432933103511000

Pilger Mountain near Edgemont

43 29 49

103 51 08

4,090

S

1992

1995

66

433212104010300

Dewey

43 32 25

104 01 03

3,840

Y

1991

1998

67

433702103411200

Hopkins Flats near Pringle

43 37 02

103 41 12

5,020

S

1991

1998

68

433758103353300

Beaver Valley near Pringle

43 37 58

103 35 33

5,000

Y

1991

1998

69

433848103443200

S & G Canyon near Pringle

43 38 48

103 44 32

4,880

S

1991

1998

70

434002103214500

Racetrack Butte near Fairburn

43 40 02

103 21 45

5,010

Y

1984

1998

71

434444103282000

Custer State Park at Mt. Coolidge

43 44 44

103 28 20

5,400

Y

1984

1990

72

434534103290500

Mt. Coolidge near Custer

43 45 34

103 29 05

5,130

Y

1990

1998

73

434638103253500

Road Camp at Custer State Park

43 46 38

103 25 35

4,560

Y

1989

1998

74

434645103240700

Water Treatment Plant at Custer State Park

43 46 45

103 24 07

4,400

S

1989

1998

75

434732103305500

Bismark Lake near Custer

43 47 32

103 30 55

5,280

S

1989

1998

76

434751104005100

Redbird Canyon near Newcastle, Wyo.

43 47 51

104 00 51

4,760

Y

1991

1998

77

434807103235400

Center Lake near Hayward

43 48 07

103 23 55

4,640

Y

1989

1998

78

434928103214800

North Farm at Custer State Park

43 49 28

103 21 48

4,220

S

1989

1998

79

434939103272800

Camp Remington near Hayward

43 49 39

103 27 28

5,020

Y

1989

1998

80

435355103432800

Medicine Mountain near Custer

43 53 55

103 43 28

6,070

Y

1989

1998

81

435827104032500

Little Bear Run near Newcastle, Wyo.

43 58 27

104 03 25

6,250

Y

1992

1998

82

440001103300200

near Sheridan Lake near Hill City

44 00 01

103 30 02

4,790

S

1988

1998

83

440022103195200

Sheridan Lake Road near Rapid City

44 00 22

103 19 52

4,255

S

1988

1996

84

440242103520600

Reynolds Prairie near Hill City

44 02 42

103 52 06

6,100

Y

1988

1998

85

440501103262300

Johnson Siding near Rapid City

44 05 01

103 26 23

4,290

Y

1988

1998

86

441207104012700

O´Neil Pass near Lead

44 12 07

104 01 27

6,520

Y

1988

1998

87

441632103482400

Englewood near Lead

44 16 32

103 48 24

5,840

S

1988

1995

88

441716103300800

Bethlehem Cave near Tilford

44 17 16

103 30 08

4,560

S

1988

1992

89

441810104062300

Wagon Canyon near Sundance, Wyo.

44 18 10

104 06 23

5,650

Y

1989

1998

90

441852103594800

Little Spearfish Creek near Lead

44 18 52

103 59 48

5,710

Y

1988

1996

91

441859103385600

Adams Ranch near Lead

44 18 59

103 38 56

5,020

Y

1984

1998

92

442104103414400

Two Bit Gulch near Deadwood

44 21 04

103 41 44

5,140

S

1988

1998

93

442343103363900

Boulder Park near Sturgis

44 23 43

103 36 39

4,075

Y

1989

1998

94

442745103434500

Elkhorn Peak near Whitewood

44 27 45

103 43 45

3,835

Y

1988

1998

1Applies only to U.S. Geological Survey gages.

2Applies only to period of record presented in this report (1931-98).  Precipitation data prior to 1931 exist for some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stations.

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