Winnebago Creek (Minnesota)

Winnebago Creek
Winnebago Creek (Minnesota) is located in Minnesota
Winnebago Creek (Minnesota)
Mouth of Winnebago Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesMinnesota
CountiesHouston County
CitiesWilmington, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWilmington, Houston County, Minnesota
 • coordinates43°35′11″N 91°34′13″W / 43.586358°N 91.5701431°W / 43.586358; -91.5701431
Mouth 
 • location
Reno, Houston County, Minnesota
 • coordinates
43°30′36″N 91°15′46″W / 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

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]

  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.