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Big Sioux River

River in South Dakota, read from 12 USGS gauges, draining about 8,400 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

1,070

cfs · 46 min ago

Normal for today

785

cfs median, 11 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

9.81

ft

Normal for the date136% of medianUSGS gauge 06485910
Thirty-day mean discharge · 745–1,730 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR JEFFERSON, SD064859101,070 cfs—46 min ago
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR HAWARDEN, IA06483950805 cfs—46 min ago
BIG SIOUX R AT NORTH CLIFF AVE AT SIOUX FALLS, SD06482020179 cfs—46 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 785 cfs over 11 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 597 and 7,850 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Reports

From anglers on Big Sioux River

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