The Vermillion River Watershed
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The Vermillion River watershed is located within eleven counties of southeastern South Dakota.  It drains 1.43 million acres (2,234 square miles) from Lake Thompson to the confluence with the Missouri River near the town of Vermillion
Counties Involved      % of county
Clay                                    87
Hutchinson                           4
Kingsbury                           10
Lake                                   23
Lincoln                                35
McCook                              62
Miner                                  33
Minnehaha                           6
Turner                                98
Union                                    2
Yankton                              31
Main Tributaries
 Perennial stream 
       Ash Creek
       Clay Creek
       Frog Creek
       Little Vermillion River
       Spirit Mound Creek
       Turkey Ridge Creek
   Intermittent stream
       Baptist Creek
       Blind Creek
       Camp Creek
       Elce Creek
       Hurley Creek
       Long Creek
       Yankton-Clay Ditch   
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