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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1960-05-31 1993-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-05-31 1974-06-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-05-31 1974-06-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-05-31 1974-06-07
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-05-31 1971-04-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-05-31 1974-06-07
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1969-12-03 1970-05-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1948-06-01 2024-11-23
Sediment Water-quality 1970-09-03 1977-05-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1949-03-05 2023-04-09
n/a Site Visits 1972-02-07 2024-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06481500 is associated with a Stream in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1948 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06481500 n/a
Site name
SKUNK CREEK AT SIOUX FALLS,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 433201 n/a
DMS longitude 0964726 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.53358676 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.7908849 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
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 NWNWSWS24 T101N R50W 5 n/a
Name of location map SIOUX FALLS WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1400.88 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
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
620 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 606 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files YNNNNNNN 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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