Minnehaha County, South Dakota

16 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

Other Official Alerts, Quoted In Full

Watches, advisories and statements. Not warnings, and not counted as warnings.

• Skunk Creek Near Chester, SD: water level 0.78 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (0.8 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 36 min ago
• Big Sioux River At North Cliff Avenue At Sioux Falls, SD: water level 5.14 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (5.48 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Skunk Creek Near Chester, SD: flow 0.24 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually above 0.43 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 36 min ago
• Split Rock Creek At Corson, SD: flow 21.6 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 51 min ago
• Split Rock Creek At Corson, SD: water level 1.88 ft · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 51 min ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - South Dakota: 30 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 12 h ago
• NWS active alerts: 1 entry for this county · National Weather Service · read 5 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

4 reports in the last 6 hours, none published as an event.

• Coyote Connection: USD puts one Dakota rival with another on deck in SDSU · Sioux Falls Live · 52 min ago Not Yet Confirmed
• AU hockey notebook: No. 11 Vikings take unbeaten record into CCHA opener · Sioux Falls Live · 2 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• CCHA Reporter's Corner: Michigan Tech's Matthew Van Blaricom joins the show · Sioux Falls Live · 2 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Fact brief: Do all pollsters target specific people to get the answers they want? · South Dakota News Watch · 5 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Champs at last: Brewers win their first World Series title · Sioux Falls Live · 10 h ago

Sioux Falls: AQI 22, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Sioux Falls: AQI 22 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 1 h ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - South Dakota: 16 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 27 min ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 6 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

3 sources answered; nothing recent here.

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3 readings here, none current.

Quiet

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2), week of 2026-10-19: $4.145 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 138,476 jobs (137,224 a year earlier); $1,369 average weekly wage ($1,300 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 9 min ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  1 research-grade observation of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 9:26 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 5 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 35 min ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  83 properties on the National Register in this county. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 9:30 AM CDT.