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

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March 10, 2025 - March 17, 2025

Gage height, feet [(2)]

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2.31 ft

Provisional

Mar 17, 2025

14:30:00 PM CDT

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2.31 ft

Provisional

Mar 17, 2025

02:30:00 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

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Gage height, feet [(2)]

2018-07-30 - 2025-03-17

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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

2024-11-17 - 2025-03-17

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1 data types available - data from 2023-10-04 to 2025-03-16

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5 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2002-05-01 to 2013-05-09

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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

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06481400 is associated with a Stream in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Gage height and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

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

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