Winnebago Creek (Minnesota)
| Winnebago Creek | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of Winnebago Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Minnesota |
| Counties | Houston County |
| Cities | Wilmington, Minnesota |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Wilmington, Houston County, Minnesota |
| • coordinates | 43°35′11″N 91°34′13″W / 43.586358°N 91.5701431°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Reno, Houston County, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 43°30′36″N 91°15′46″W / 43.5099729°N 91.2629110°W |
| Length | 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Upper Mississippi River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Burg Creek, Unnamed Creek |
| • right | Eitzen Creek, New Yorker Hollow |
Winnebago Creek is a 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota.[2][3][4] Winnebago Creek was named after the Winnebago Indians.[5]
Course
[edit]Winnebago Creek flows in Houston County, Minnesota into the Mississippi River just above the Minnesota and Iowa border. The creek flows through the Winnebago Creek Wildlife Management Area. Sections of Winnebago Creek are designated trout streams and populated with Rainbow trout and brown trout.[6][7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winnebago Creek
- ^ "Minnesota Watersheds". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974). USGS. 1976.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 240.
- ^ "Map3" (PDF). Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ Waters, Thomas F. (1977). Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press. pp. 249, 264. ISBN 0816609608.
- ^ "Winnebago Creek WMA". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
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