Water Resources Data for the 1987 water year for South Dakota consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 114 streamflow-gaging stations; stage and contents records for 10 lakes and reservoirs, stage for 2 streams and 2 lakes; water-quality records for 25 stream-gaging stations, 3 wells, 6 ungaged streamsites, 3 lakes, 1 sewage lagoon, and 1 precipitation site; water levels for 31 wells; and precipitation records at 9 sites. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements and analyses. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in South Dakota.