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.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stream ⓘ |
| associatedDam | Canyon Lake Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesCity | Rapid City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Cheyenne River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion | Black Hills ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floodCause | heavy rainfall and dam failure ⓘ |
| floodDate | June 9–10, 1972 ⓘ |
| floodFatalitiesApproximate | 238 ⓘ |
| floodLocation | Rapid City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsNear | Ellsworth Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Rapid City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughCounty |
Meade County, South Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pennington County, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughRegion | Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gaveNameTo | Rapid City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentLandUse |
commercial areas in Rapid City
ⓘ
residential areas in Rapid City ⓘ urban parkland in Rapid City ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentTrail | Rapid Creek Greenway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Fifth Street bridge (Rapid City)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Omaha Street bridge (Rapid City) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFishSpecies | trout ⓘ |
| hasFloodEvent | 1972 Black Hills flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalImpact | prompted changes in zoning and floodplain management in Rapid City after 1972 ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | western South Dakota ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Cheyenne River, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | early settlers of Rapid City ⓘ |
| passesThroughPark |
Canyon Lake Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Memorial Park (Rapid City) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recreationActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
hiking along its banks ⓘ kayaking ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Missouri River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateHydrologicUnit | South Dakota surface-water system ⓘ |
| toponymMeaning | named for its rapid flow ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Cheyenne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourseType | perennial stream ⓘ |
| waterManagement | flood control measures in Rapid City ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rapid City, South Dakota
subject surface form:
Rapid City, South Dakota