Big Sioux River Below Diversion at Sioux Falls, SD

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Big Sioux River Below Diversion at Sioux Falls, SD - 06481400

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March 10, 2025 - March 17, 2025

Gage height, feet [(2)]

2.31 ft - Mar 17, 2025 02:30:00 PM CDT

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Mar 17, 2025

14:30:00 PM CDT

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Gage height, feet [(2)] -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-17T14:30:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T14:15:00.000-05:00	2.32	Provisional
2025-03-17T14:00:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:45:00.000-05:00	2.32	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:30:00.000-05:00	2.32	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:15:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:00:00.000-05:00	2.30	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:45:00.000-05:00	2.32	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:30:00.000-05:00	2.32	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:15:00.000-05:00	2.30	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:00:00.000-05:00	2.30	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:45:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:30:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:15:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:00:00.000-05:00	2.31	Provisional
2025-03-17T10:45:00.000-05:00	2.33	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	2002-05-01	2025-03-17
_n/a	Peak Measurements	2003-05-14	2023-04-24
_n/a	Site Visits	2002-05-01	2019-03-26
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2013-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06481400	_n/a
Site name	BIG SIOUX RIVER BELOW DIVERSION AT SIOUX FALLS, SD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	433423	_n/a
DMS longitude	0964550	_n/a
Decimal latitude	43.5730307	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-96.7642179	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS).	R
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	South Dakota	46
State	South Dakota	46
County	Minnehaha County	099
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NENENWS07 T101N R49W 5	_n/a
Name of location map	SIOUX FALLS WEST	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	1404.48 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.07 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Big Sioux	10170203
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	3999 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	3129 square miles	_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	Y	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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