White Thunder Creek

White Thunder Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[6]

White Thunder Creek
Tributary to White River
Map of White Thunder Creek mouth location
Map of White Thunder Creek mouth location
Location of White Thunder Creek mouth
Map of White Thunder Creek mouth location
Map of White Thunder Creek mouth location
White Thunder Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountyMellotte
Todd
Physical characteristics
SourceAntelope Creek divide
 • locationabout 7 miles northeast of Antelope, South Dakota
 • coordinates43°20′43″N 100°33′30″W[1]
 • elevation2,760 ft (840 m)[2]
MouthWhite River
 • location
Riverside Township, South Dakota
 • coordinates
43°43′06″N 100°25′38″W[1]
 • elevation
1,698 ft (518 m)[3]
Length42.14 mi (67.82 km)[4]
Basin size166.41 square miles (431.0 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationWhite River
 • average14.38 cu ft/s (0.407 m3/s) at mouth with White River[5]
Basin features
Progressionnorth-northeast[4]
River systemMissouri
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesCorn Road, Fox Road, Pure Water Road, White Thunder Road, Unnamed Road, 272nd Street, Unnamed Road (x3), SD 44, 282nd Avenue, Brave Boy Road

White Thunder Creek has the name of White Thunder, an Indian chief.[7]

See also

References
  1. "GNIS Detail - White Thunder Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. "White Thunder Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Thunder Creek
  7. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 69.


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