Rapid City Flood Level - Rapid City, South Dakota
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member paulspaper
N 44° 04.393 W 103° 15.751
13T E 639131 N 4881472
High water mark for the 1972 Rapid City Flood.
Waymark Code: WMRQX2
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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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."

This marker is on the archway to Storybook Island.

Located at 1301 Sheridan Lake Road, Rapid City, SD 57702

238 people died in that flood!
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: None

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Flood Level

County: Rapid City, South Dakota

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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