Castle Creek is a tributary of
Rapid Creek, approximately 14 mi (23 km) long, in western
South Dakota
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in the
United States
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.
It rises out of
Deerfield Reservoir Deerfield Dam is a dam impounding Castle Creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The dam creates Deerfield Reservoir within the Black Hills National Forest.
The earthen dam was originally built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1942 ...
, in the
Black Hills
The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk P ...
in
Pennington County approximately 15 mi (24 km) NNW of
Custer
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Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, b ...
. It flows north and east, joining Rapid Creek approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) west of
Silver City.
Castle Creek received its name on account of castle-like rock formations of the nearby canyon.
See also
*
List of rivers of South Dakota
This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States.
By tributary
Minnesota River watershed
*Little Minnesota River
** Jorgenson River
* Whetstone River
*North Fork Yellow Bank River
*South Fork Yellow Bank River
*West Bran ...
References
Rivers of South Dakota
Black Hills
Rivers of Pennington County, South Dakota
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