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	43.586358°N 91.5701431°W / 43.586358; -91.5701431
Mouth
• location	Reno, Houston County, Minnesota
• coordinates	43.5099729°N 91.2629110°W / 43.5099729; -91.2629110
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

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

• List of rivers of Minnesota
• Winnebago, Minnesota

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winnebago Creek
3. "Minnesota Watersheds". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
4. USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974). USGS. 1976.
5. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 240.
6. "Map3" (PDF). Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
7. Waters, Thomas F. (1977). Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press. pp. 249, 264. ISBN 0816609608.
8. "Winnebago Creek WMA". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved May 11, 2021.