South Dakota Fish Consumption Advisories
Each year, the Departments of Health, Environment and Natural Resources, and Game Fish and Parks cooperate to perform fish collection and sampling. The Department of Health issues consumption advisories.
The state of South Dakota has issued consumption advisories based on Mercury concentrations in fish, for: Bitter Lake, Island Lake (North), Lake Isabel, Hurley Lake, the West Highway 81 / Twin Lakes complex and Roosevelt Lake. For information pertaining to consumption recommendations, click on the lake name (in blue) below or visit the Department of Health website.
| Waterbodies Tested (1994 - 2007) | |
| Amsden, Day County | Lake Oakwood (East Oakwood Lake), Brookings County |
| Angostura Reservoir, Fall River County | Lake Pocasse, Campbell County |
| Antelope Lake, Day County | Lake Poinsett, Hamlin County |
| Bear Butte Creek, Lawrence County | Lake Sharpe (Farm Island Area), Hughes County |
| Beaver Lake, Minnehaha County | Lake Sharpe (Joe Creek Area), Hughes/Lyman County |
| Belle Fourche Reservoir, Butte County | Lake Sharpe (North Shore Area), Buffalo/Lyman County |
| Belle Fourche River (near Vale), Butte County | Lake Sinai, Brookings County |
| Big Sioux River, Minnehaha County | Lake Thompson, Kingsbury County |
| Bitter Lake, Day County | Lemmon Lake (East), Perkins County |
| Blue Dog Lake, Day County | Little Missouri, Harding County |
| Brakke Dam, Lyman County | Little Moreau Impoundment Lake # 1, Dewey County |
| Brant Lake, Lake County | Long Lake, Codington County |
| Buffalo Lake, South - Marshall County | Lynn Lake, Day County |
| Bullhead Lake, Duel County | Mankey Slough, Clark County |
| Cattail Lake, Marshall County | Marindahl Lake, Yankton County |
| Cavour Lake, Beadle County | McCook Lake, Union County |
| Cheyenne River (near Angostura Reservoir), Fall River County | McNenney State Fish Hatchery, Lawrence County |
| Cheyenne River (below Edgement), Fall River County | Mina Lake (Lake Parmley), Edmunds County |
| Cheyenne River (near Wasta), Pennington County | Missouri River, Yankton County |
| Clear Lake, Marshall County | Missouri River - Below Gavins Point Dam, Yankton County |
| Cleghorn Springs Hatchery, Pennington County | Murdo Lake, Jones County |
| Coal Springs Dam, Perkins County | Newell Lake, Butte County |
| Cottonwood Lake, Sully County | North Fork of Whetstone, Grant County |
| Curlew Lake, Meade County | North Twin Lake, Minnehaha County |
| Deerfield Reservoir, Pennington County | Orman Dam (Belle Fourche Reservoir), Butte County |
| Diamond Lake, Minnehaha County | Pactola Reservoir, Pennington County |
| Dry Lake, Codington County | Pelican Lake, Codington County |
| Dry Lake #2, Clark County | Pickerel Lake, Day County |
| East 81 Lake, Brookings County (see West 81 Lake/Twin Lakes Complex, Brookings/Kingsbury County) | Pott's Dam, Potter County |
| Elm Lake, Brown County | Pudwell Dam, Corson County |
| Enemy Swim Lake, Day County | Punished Women Lake, Codington County |
| Fate Dam, Lyman County | Rapid Creek, Pennington County |
| Hayes Lake, Stanley County | Red Iron Lake, South - Marshall County |
| Horseshoe Lake, Day County | Reetz Lake, Day County |
| Isabel Lake, Dewey County | Reid Lake, Clark County |
| Island Lake (North), Minnehaha County | Richmond Dam, Brown County |
| James River, Beadle County | Roosevelt Lake, Tripp County |
| Lake Alice, Duel County | Rose Hill Lake, Hand County |
| Lake Alvin, Lincoln County | Roy Lake, Marshall County |
| Lake Byron, Beadle County | Rush Lake, Day County |
| Lake Campbell, Brookings County | Shadehill Reservoir, Perkins County |
| Lake Carthage, Miner County | Sheridan Lake, Pennington County |
| Lake Dimock, Hutchinson County | Simon Dam, Potter County |
| Lake Faulkton, Faulk County | Spearfish Creek, Lawrence County |
| Lake Francis Case (Platte/Winner Bridge), Gregory County | South Twin Lake, Minnehaha County |
| Lake Francis Case (Pease Creek), Gregory/Charles Mix Counties | Staum Dam, Beadle County |
| Lake Francis Case (between White River confluence and Boyer), Lyman/Brule Counties | Stockade Lake, Custer County |
| Lake Herman, Lake County | Summit Lake, Grant County |
| Lake Hiddenwood, Walworth County | Swan Lake, Clark County |
| Lake Hurley, Potter County | Twin Dam, Stanley County |
| Lake Kampeska, Codington County | Twin Lake, Sanborn County |
| Lake Louise, Hand County | Vermillion Lake, McCook County |
| Lake Madison, Lake County | Waggoner Lake, Haakon County |
| Lake Mitchell, Davison County | Wall Lake, Minnehaha County |
| Lake Oahe (Grand River Embayment), Corson County | Waubay Lake, Day County |
| Lake Oahe (Minneconjou Bay), Stanley County | West 81 Lake / Twin Lakes Complex, Brookings/Kingsbury County |
| Lake Oahe (Moreau River Embayment), Dewey County | Whitewood Creek, Lawrence County |
| Lake Oahe (West Whitlock), Potter County | Wilmarth Lake, Aurora County |
| Waterbodies Tested (2008-2009) | |
| Beaver Lake, Minnehaha County | Lake Mitchell, Davison County |
| Bullhead Lake, Roberts County | Lake Roosevelt, Tripp County |
| Clear Lake, Marshall County | Lake Sinai, Brookings County |
| Crooked Lake, Grant County | Little Moreau #1, Dewey County |
| Diamond Lake, Minnehaha County | Pickerel Lake, Day County |
| Elm Lake, Brown County | Piyas Lake, Marshall County |
| Hurricane Lake, Roberts County | Pudwell Dam, Corson County |
| Lake Albert, Grant County | School Lake, Deuel County |
| Lake Francis Case, Lyman County | Twin Lakes, Minnehaha County |
| Lake Herman, Lake County | Vermillion Lake, McCook County |
| Lake Hurley, Potter County | Waubay Lake, Day County |
| Lake Madison, Lake County | |
For more information contact:
- Pat Snyder - Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources (605) 773-3351;
- Clark Hepper - Dept. of Health (605) 773-3364; or
- John Lott - Dept. of Game, Fish, & Parks (605) 773-4508.
