South Dakota fishing waters
20 gauged waters across South Dakota — 20 rivers and 0 lakes and reservoirs, with flow read straight from their USGS gauges.
- Gauged waters
- 20
- Reporting now
- 20/20
- With water temp
- 3
- With a full guide
- 1
live gauges
of 20
Full guides
Waters we have written up
Live conditions
Flowing right now in South Dakota
All 20 waters · live readings for the top 20
| Water | Type | Drainage | Flow / level | Temp | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne River7 gauges | river | 21,351 sq mi | 37.0 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| James River9 gauges | river | 20,962 sq mi | 167 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| White River6 gauges | river | 9,915 sq mi | 111 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Big Sioux River12 gauges | river | 8,400 sq mi | 968 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Belle Fourche River4 gauges | river | 7,004 sq mi | 11.8 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| Little White River4 gauges | river | 1,549 sq mi | 107 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| Grand River2 gauges | river | 5,316 sq mi | 48.7 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Rapid Creek7 gauges | river | 603 sq mi | 31.0 cfs | — | 39 min ago |
| Moreau River2 gauges | river | 4,889 sq mi | 9.3 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Bad River1 gauge | river | 3,147 sq mi | 3.6 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Vermillion River1 gauge | river | 2,254 sq mi | 25.1 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Little Missouri River1 gauge | river | 1,974 sq mi | 2.2 cfs | — | 39 min ago |
| Elm River1 gauge | river | 1,505 sq mi | 5.3 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| South Fork Grand River1 gauge | river | 1,306 sq mi | 9.7 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Cherry Creek1 gauge | river | 1,209 sq mi | no flow | — | 1h ago |
| North Fork Grand River1 gauge | river | 1,200 sq mi | no flow | — | 6d ago |
| Bois De Sioux River1 gauge | river | 1,160 sq mi | 1.9 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Keya Paha River2 gauges | river | 1,129 sq mi | 39.3 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Battle Creek3 gauges | river | 284 sq mi | no flow | — | 54 min ago |
| Whitewood Creek4 gauges | river | 102 sq mi | no flow | — | 24 min ago |
What is on this page
Every figure here comes from a USGS gauge on that water: discharge in cubic feet per second, and water temperature where the gauge measures it. A dash means it is not measured there, not that it is unknown.
1 of these waters have a full written guide so far. The rest are live data only.