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USGS 06481500 SKUNK CREEK AT SIOUX FALLS,SD

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°32'01",   Longitude 96°47'26"   NAD27
Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Hydrologic Unit 10170203
Drainage area: 620 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 606 square miles,
Datum of gage: 1,400.88 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1948-06-01  2025-10-22  27538 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2025-10-22  2514 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1948-06-01  2024-10-30 27181 
    Gage height, feet  2018-05-01  2024-10-30 2208 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1948-06  2024-10  
    Gage height, feet  2018-05  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1948  2025  
    Gage height, feet  2018  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1949-03-05  2024-06-22  74 
 Field measurements 1972-02-07  2025-07-30  566 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-05-31  2015-09-08  515 
 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 11.5 ft.