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.City of Sioux Falls, "Skunk Creek’s Influence on Flow and Water Quality in the Big Sioux River" (retrieved on November 5th, 2013).
Skunk Creek was a natural habitat of skunks, hence the name.
See also List of rivers of South Dakota
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