Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls,sd - 06481500
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Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls,sd - 06481500
Subscribe to WaterAlert April 9, 2025 - April 16, 2025
Gage height, feet
2.88 ft - Apr 16, 2025 09:30:00 AM CDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
2.88 ft
Provisional
Apr 16, 2025
09:30:00 AM CDT
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2.88 ft
Provisional
Apr 16, 2025
09:30:00 AM CDT
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Statistics for April 16, 2025 based on 5 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2022)
2.53 ft
25th percentile
3.17 ft
median
4.93 ft
75th percentile
7.77 ft
mean
5.36 ft
high (2019)
9.82 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
3 data types available - data from 1990-10-01 to 2025-04-16
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2017-09-30 - 2025-04-16
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1990-10-01 - 2025-04-16
Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
2024-12-17 - 2025-04-16
Daily data
2 data types available - data from 1948-06-01 to 2025-04-15
Field measurements - Coming soon
0 data types available
Discrete sample data
80 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1960-05-31 to 2015-09-08
515 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
- Active Monitoring Locations
5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
Interested in understanding how to access the upstream/downstream data? Learn about the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)
| 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 | 2025-04-16 |
| 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 | 2025-03-18 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2023-01-01 |
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
|
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
|
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 |
