White Thunder Creek

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White Thunder Creek
Tributary to White River
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Location of White Thunder Creek mouth
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White Thunder Creek (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State South Dakota
County Mellotte
Todd
Physical characteristics
Source Antelope Creek divide
 • locationabout 7 miles northeast of Antelope, South Dakota
 • coordinates 43°20′43″N100°33′30″W / 43.34528°N 100.55833°W / 43.34528; -100.55833 [1]
 • elevation2,760 ft (840 m) [2]
Mouth White River
 • location
Riverside Township, South Dakota
 • coordinates
 43°43′06″N100°25′38″W / 43.71833°N 100.42722°W / 43.71833; -100.42722 Coordinates: 43°43′06″N100°25′38″W / 43.71833°N 100.42722°W / 43.71833; -100.42722 [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 
 • location White River
 • average14.38 cu ft/s (0.407 m3/s) at mouth with White River [5]
Basin features
Progressionnorth-northeast [4]
River system Missouri
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 is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [6]

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

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "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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