| Skunk Creek | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Confluence_of_Skunk_Creek_and_Big_Sioux_River.jpg) Confluence of Skunk Creek (left) and Big Sioux River (right) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Brant Lake, Lake County, South Dakota |
| • coordinates | 43°55′12″N 96°57′47″W / 43.91997°N 96.96311°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
• coordinates | 43°31′34″N 96°46′16″W / 43.52609°N 96.77116°W[1] |
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 was a natural habitat of skunks, hence the name.[3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skunk Creek (South Dakota)
- ^ City of Sioux Falls, "Skunk Creek’s Influence on Flow and Water Quality in the Big Sioux River" (retrieved on November 5th, 2013).
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 70.