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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]

Winnebago Creek
Mouth of Winnebago Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesMinnesota
CountiesHouston County
CitiesWilmington, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationWilmington, Houston County, Minnesota
  coordinates43.586358°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
Length23.6-mile-long (38.0 km)
Basin features
River systemUpper Mississippi River
Tributaries 
  leftBurg Creek, Unnamed Creek
  rightEitzen Creek, New Yorker Hollow

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



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.



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