USGS 06481000 BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR DELL RAPIDS, SD

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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  Station operated in cooperation with the following:

Army Corps of Engineers
Omaha District

 City of Sioux Falls

Big Sioux River Basin NAVD 88 Water Elevation Graphs
Big Sioux River Basin NAVD 88 Water Elevation Table
Big Sioux River Basin Gaging Station Map

The precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Rainfall instrumentation may not be calibrated, and other quality assurance measures may not be performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.
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This station managed by the Huron Studies Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-10-01  2026-05-19
2001-10-01  2026-05-19
2026-01-19  2026-05-19
2017-04-06  2023-07-17







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Summary of all available data for this site
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 307 05-19-2026   10:30 CDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 19 based on 77 water years of record more
Min
(1959)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 19		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
32.0 240 307 584 855 1070 4960

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.05 05-19-2026   10:30 CDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1460.99 05-19-2026   10:30 CDT
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
 
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