Skunk Creek (South Dakota)

Skunk Creek is a tributary of the Big Sioux River, located in the southeastern South Dakota counties of Lake, Moody, and Minnehaha. It has a confluence with the Big Sioux in the west central area of Sioux Falls.[2]

Skunk Creek
Confluence of Skunk Creek (left) and Big Sioux River (right) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBrant Lake, Lake County, South Dakota
  coordinates43°55′12″N 96°57′47″W
Mouth 
  location
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  coordinates
43°31′34″N 96°46′16″W[1]

Skunk Creek was a natural habitat of skunks, hence the name.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skunk Creek (South Dakota)
  2. City of Sioux Falls, "Skunk Creek’s Influence on Flow and Water Quality in the Big Sioux River" (retrieved on November 5th, 2013).
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 70.


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