Talk:Spearfish, South Dakota

message: There is a comment in the article inappropriately wondering why "Spearfish creek" is not considered water area.  According to this PDF document, the US Census definition of water-area is "large water area".  In order for Spearfish Creek to be considered a large water area:
The NRI definition of large water is that used by the Census Bureau through the
1980 Census, and consists of water bodies >= 40 acres or streams >= 660 feet wide at normal pool,
as defined in the 1997 NRI instruction manual (U.S. Department of Agriculture 1997).
Normal Pool is defined here as 
The typical elevation of a lake or river, especially one controlled by a dam, which is between low water level and high water level.
I'm not a Spearfish resident, but have visited several times, and believe Spearfish creek as it runs through Spearfish, is as wide as 50 feet wide in some places, and is in most cases, narrower.  I do not find it hard to believe that Spearfish Creek is not considered a water area based on these definitions.
--Anopheles (talk) 16:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: I noticed the unit of measurement for temperature was recently changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius; the reason provided in the edit summary was that all measurements should be to international standards, not just American ones. However, The Manual of Style at WP:UNIT states here:
And from the Meteorology WikiProject:
This means that in US articles, American units of any scope would be used first; since Spearfish is located in the United States and is not science-oriented, Fahrenheit would be the primary unit.
In addition, it is a commonly accepted standard among US city articles that Fahrenheit be the primary unit expressed, and Celsius be secondary (for example, see the climate charts of Hillsboro, Oregon ((FA)), Denver, and Pierre, South Dakota).
I would like to change the units back to Fahrenheit but do not want to start an edit war, so I decided to bring it up here first. Thanks! – TCMemoire 02:12, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've switched them back to the original - your reading of WP:UNIT is correct. AlexiusHoratius 02:28, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
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