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Around Skunk Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Skunk Creek is a 61.9 mile river near Flow and Paddle in South Dakota. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Skunk Creek near Chester, SD (site 06481480). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1985 to 2026
Skunk Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 45 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,580 cfs, in 2019.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1 | 0.5 to 9.4 |
| February | 2.0 | 0.2 to 15 |
| March | 20 | 2.3 to 53 |
| April | 45 | 11 to 180 |
| May | 34 | 9.0 to 120 |
| June | 41 | 7.2 to 99 |
| July | 21 | 1.4 to 96 |
| August | 4.3 | 0.9 to 20 |
| September | 1.8 | 0.7 to 16 |
| October | 2.8 | 1.0 to 24 |
| November | 2.9 | 1.0 to 21 |
| December | 3.3 | 0.7 to 11 |
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 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Skunk Creek near Chester, SD (site 06481480). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Skunk Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Wall Lake Land Use AreaPublic
- Family ParkPublic
- East Brant Public Water AccessPublic
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