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USGS 06479500 BIG SIOUX RIVER AT WATERTOWN,SD

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 44°56'33",   Longitude 97°08'45"   NAD27
Codington County, South Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 10170201
Drainage area: 806 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 357 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,711.41 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-10-01  2025-10-12  19403 
    Gage height, feet  2018-04-30  2025-10-12  2653 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-10-01  2024-10-14 19041 
    Gage height, feet  2018-04-30  2024-10-14 2300 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-10  2024-10  
    Gage height, feet  2018-04  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2018  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1946-03-15  2024-05-09  53 
 Field measurements 1945-10-01  2025-08-27  656 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-06-02  2015-09-21  359 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS South Dakota Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to South Dakota Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
National Weather Service Floodstage 8.0 ft.