USGS Streamgage 06481500
Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls, SD
Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls, SD is USGS streamgage 06481500, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 10170203. It drains a watershed of about 620 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1948. Typical flow runs near 31.5 cfs in July and 86.2 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- Drainage area
- 620 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 1,422 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 10170203
- Coordinates
- 43.53359, -96.79088
- USGS site number
- 06481500
- Records begin
- 1948-06-01 (78 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 78 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4 | 3.7 | 45.2 | |
| February | 0.4 | 7.3 | 108.4 | |
| March | 2.7 | 53.5 | 626.8 | |
| April | 10.8 | 86.2 | 919.4 | |
| May | 5.3 | 63.5 | 548.2 | |
| June | 2 | 53.4 | 509.1 | |
| July | 0.6 | 31.5 | 333.6 | |
| August | 0.4 | 17.3 | 170.4 | |
| September | 0.5 | 9.4 | 99.2 | |
| October | 0.6 | 10.3 | 163.8 | |
| November | 1.2 | 10.1 | 129.2 | |
| December | 0.9 | 6 | 74.3 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).