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The Black Hills Flood of 1972, also known as the Rapid City Flood, was the most detrimental flood in South Dakota history, and one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. The flood took place on June 9–10, 1972 [ 1 ] in the Black Hills of Western South Dakota. 15 inches (380 mm) of rain in a small area over the Black Hills caused Rapid Creek ...
The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. [3] Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. [4]
The Rapid Creek is most noted for the Black Hills flood of 1972, in which 238 people perished in Rapid City and in the Black Hills. [5] Since the flood, a flood plain has been established throughout the city making development along the banks inconsiderable.
Along with the nearby Deerfield Dam, it is part of the Rapid Valley Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. U.S. Route 385 runs along the crest of the dam. The dam forms Pactola Lake, which at over 1,200 acres (490 ha) is the largest and deepest body of water in the Black Hills.
Black Hills Corporation is a Rapid City, South Dakota diversified energy company that is an electric and gas utility in South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. The company sells power throughout the American West. It derives its name from its home in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Rapid City is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Pennington County. [10] It is the second most populous city in the state, after Sioux Falls.It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed.
SD 79's southern terminus is at Maverick Junction near Hot Springs, where it meets US 18 and US 385.SD 79 runs east of the Black Hills to Rapid City, where it joins US Route 16 Truck Bypass around the east side of Rapid City up to Interstate 90.
A Tourist Guide of the Black Hills (South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources) South Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. 1997.