Union County, South Dakota

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

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Big Sioux River Near Hawarden, IA: flow 880 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Big Sioux River Near Hawarden, IA: water level 12.43 ft · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Gauge 06485950: water level 10.02 ft · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h 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: 4 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 13 h ago
• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Iowa: 4 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 10 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.

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

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

2 reports in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• 23 Beresford women run away from their families… to run · Beresford Republic · 19 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Beresford and Alcester-Hudson students win journalism awards · Beresford Republic · 19 h ago Not Yet Confirmed

2 entries from CDC wastewater data for SARS-CoV-2, 2 from CDC wastewater data for measles and 2 from CDC wastewater data for RSV (CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System) for this county, in their latest reads, and 2 more sources.

• CDC wastewater data for SARS-CoV-2: 2 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for measles: 2 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for RSV: 2 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 14 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for avian influenza A (H5): 2 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 14 h ago
• CDC wastewater data for influenza A: 2 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 14 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 entries from USGS latest streamflow and gage height - South Dakota and 2 from USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Iowa (U.S. Geological Survey) for this county, in their latest reads.

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - South Dakota: 3 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 8 min ago
• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Iowa: 2 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 33 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.

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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
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, BNSF Railway Company, ELK POINT, 475TH AVENUE, 2026-06-04. Reported by FRA with the June 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 9,561 jobs (9,418 a year earlier); $1,420 average weekly wage ($1,435 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 1 h ago

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 10 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 1 h 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)
  13 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, 10:27 AM CDT.