Rapid Creek

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Rapid Creek is a stream in western South Dakota that flows through Rapid City and gave the city its name.

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Rapid Creek canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stream
associatedDam Canyon Lake Dam
continent North America
country United States
crossesCity Rapid City
drainageBasin Cheyenne River watershed
linked to: Cheyenne River
ecoregion Black Hills ecoregion
linked to: Black Hills
floodCause heavy rainfall and dam failure
floodDate June 9–10, 1972
floodFatalitiesApproximate 238
floodLocation Rapid City
flowsNear Ellsworth Air Force Base
flowsThrough Rapid City
flowsThroughCounty Meade County, South Dakota
Pennington County, South Dakota
flowsThroughRegion Black Hills
gaveNameTo Rapid City
hasAdjacentLandUse commercial areas in Rapid City
residential areas in Rapid City
urban parkland in Rapid City
hasAdjacentTrail Rapid Creek Greenway
hasBridge Fifth Street bridge (Rapid City)
Omaha Street bridge (Rapid City)
hasFishSpecies trout
hasFloodEvent 1972 Black Hills flood
hasHistoricalImpact prompted changes in zoning and floodplain management in Rapid City after 1972
languageOfToponym English
locatedIn South Dakota
locatedInRegion western South Dakota
mouthLocation Cheyenne River, South Dakota
linked to: Cheyenne River
namedBy early settlers of Rapid City
passesThroughPark Canyon Lake Park
Memorial Park (Rapid City)
recreationActivity fishing
hiking along its banks
kayaking
riverSystem Missouri River basin
sourceLocation Black Hills
sourceRegion South Dakota
stateHydrologicUnit South Dakota surface-water system
toponymMeaning named for its rapid flow
tributaryOf Cheyenne River
watercourseType perennial stream
waterManagement flood control measures in Rapid City

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Rapid City, South Dakota namedAfter Rapid Creek
Rapid City, South Dakota locatedOnRiver Rapid Creek
Rapid City locatedOnRiver Rapid Creek
Rapid City namedAfter Rapid Creek
Pactola Lake watercourse Rapid Creek
Pactola Lake locatedOn Rapid Creek