Skunk Creek (South Dakota)

Skunk Creek
Skunk Creek
	Confluence of Skunk Creek (left) and Big Sioux River (right) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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

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]

References

^ 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.

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