Rapid City Flood - Rapid City, South Dakota
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paulspaper
N 44° 04.393 W 103° 15.751
13T E 639130 N 4881472
High water mark from the 1972 Rapid City Flood.
Waymark Code: WMRQX0
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2016
Views: 5
This is an official US Geological Survey marker. From the brass marker on this archway "Heavy thunderstorms on the afternoon and evening of June 9th, 1972, caused Rapid Creek to flood this area. The water reached the elevation of this flood benchmark."
238 people died in that flood!
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: brass wall plaque
When did this occur?: June 9th, 1972
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.