About this river
Skunk Creek is a 6.7 mile river near Flow and Paddle in South Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls, SD (site 06481500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1949 to 2026
Skunk Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 81 cfs, and lowest in January, at 3.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,500 cfs, in 1957.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5 | 1.2 to 15 | |
| February | 6.0 | 1.5 to 27 | |
| March | 60 | 12 to 170 | |
| April | 81 | 26 to 360 | |
| May | 64 | 19 to 230 | |
| June | 52 | 12 to 174 | |
| July | 31 | 3.1 to 106 | |
| August | 16 | 2.5 to 47 | |
| September | 9.4 | 1.9 to 30 | |
| October | 11 | 2.8 to 34 | |
| November | 10 | 3.5 to 32 | |
| December | 6.0 | 2.8 to 25 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 75 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls, SD (site 06481500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Skunk Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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