Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Wetland Resources of Eastern South Dakota

Appendix D


Appendix D4. Summary of wetlands, by water regime, delineated by National Wetlands Inventory in eastern South Dakota physiographic regions from photography acquired 1979-1986.

Polygon Wetlands, Hectares
 
Region A B C F G H
Minnesota-Red River Lowland 9,601.83 93.29 7,390.26 9,619.53 1,791.81 4,399.87
Prairie Coteau 38,195.49 379.37 44,804.35 87,716.51 40,220.90 3,404.09
Missouri River Floodplain 2,877.37 0.00 982.71 519.73 224.36 2,809.69
James River Lowland 98,861.78 21.77 116,500.47 36,137.86 10,209.14 5,751.17
Lake Dakota Plain 18,356.57 0.00 13,077.69 10,432.18 2,777.23 0.00
Missouri Coteau 39,513.01 0.10 75,688.01 31,988.36 7,726.58 5,970.18
Pierre Hills 2,226.10 0.17 1,673.35 3,114.07 5,049.75 64,344.81

 

Linear Wetlands, Length (m)
 
Physiographic Region A B C F G
Minnesota-Red River Lowland 467,813.66 0.00 1,240,661.62 521,021.23 1,801.22
Prairie Coteau 4,899,625.77 19.34 12,070,599.70 1,483,065.78 86,078.78
Missouri River Floodplain 58,482.19 0.00 219,600.02 106,351.28 4,743.49
James River Lowland 4,878,386.61 0.00 15,868,051.97 1,821,711.21 0.00
Lake Dakota Plain 725,009.40 0.00 1,088,519.80 234,498.31 0.00
Missouri Coteau 4,415,250.00 0.00 6,682,409.00 684,398.00 23.00
Pierre Hills 1,243,303.10 0.00 1,169,316.04 257,042.00 271.67

 

Point Wetlands, Number
 
Physiographic Region A C F G
Minnesota-Red River Lowland 2,257 291 35 0
Prairie Coteau 14,252 7,806 300 4
Missouri River Floodplain 111 34 3 0
James River Lowland 51,548 9,311 567 0
Lake Dakota Plain 5,028 1,620 162 0
Missouri Coteau 24,760 6,799 235 0
Pierre Hills 488 214 34 4


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