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Spearfish Creek

Updated just now

36cubic feet per second Water level 4.81 ft

Measured 4 PM Thu, Nov 5 • typical for the past month: 36

Water flow, cubic feet per second

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Day	Daily average
Wed, Nov 4	36
Tue, Nov 3	38
Mon, Nov 2	38
Sun, Nov 1	35
Sat, Oct 31	35
Fri, Oct 30	35
Thu, Oct 29	35
Wed, Oct 28	36
Tue, Oct 27	36
Mon, Oct 26	36
Sun, Oct 25	36
Sat, Oct 24	36
Fri, Oct 23	36
Sun, Oct 18	35
Sat, Oct 17	36
Fri, Oct 16	36
Thu, Oct 15	35
Wed, Oct 14	36
Tue, Oct 13	36
Mon, Oct 12	36
Sun, Oct 11	36
Sat, Oct 10	36
Fri, Oct 9	36
Thu, Oct 8	36
Wed, Oct 7	36

Fire

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Fire danger • National Weather Service, 103 AM MST Thu Nov 5 2026

Moderate fire danger Harding, Butte
Low fire danger Northern Perkins, Northern Meade Co Plains, Ziebach, Northern Foothills, Rapid City, Southern Foothills, Custer Co Plains, Pennington Co Plains, Haakon, Western Fall River, Northern Oglala Lakota, Northern Jackson, Bennett, Mellette, Todd, Tripp, Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills, Southern Meade Co Plains, Hermosa Foothills, Eastern Fall River, Southern Oglala Lakota, Southern Jackson, Southern Perkins

Burn bans and fire closures in the national forest are posted with the forest alerts below.

Terry Peak

1” overnight • 1” this season • 0” base

0 of 5 lifts • 0 of 29 trails open

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Native plant of the day

Updated 7 hours ago

Upright prairie coneflower

Ratibida columnifera

Ratibida columnifera, commonly known as upright prairie coneflower, rocketflower, Mexican hat, and longhead prairie coneflower, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Ratibida in the family Asteraceae. It is native to much of North America and inhabits prairies, plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas.

Seen 405 times in the Black Hills on iNaturalist • Wikipedia