Winnebago Creek (Minnesota)

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| name = Winnebago Creek

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| source1_location = Wilmington, Houston County, Minnesota

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|43.586358|-91.5701431|source:GNIStemplate_region:US-MN|display=inline}}

| mouth_location = Reno, Houston County, Minnesota

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43.5099729|-91.2629110|source:GNIStemplate_region:US-MN|display=inline, title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = States

| subdivision_name2 = Minnesota

| subdivision_type3 = Counties

| subdivision_name3 = Houston County

| subdivision_type4 = Cities

| subdivision_name4 = Wilmington, Minnesota

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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of Winnebago Creek

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| river_system = Upper Mississippi River

| tributaries_left = Burg Creek, Unnamed Creek

| tributaries_right = Eitzen Creek, New Yorker Hollow

| length = {{convert|23.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}

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Winnebago Creek is a {{convert|23.6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota.{{gnis|654266|Winnebago Creek}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watersheds/index.html|title= Minnesota Watersheds|website=Minnesota DNR|access-date=April 3, 2021}}{{cite book|title=USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)|publisher=USGS|year=1976}} Winnebago Creek was named after the Winnebago Indians.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n259 240]}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/trout_streams/south-2015/map3.pdf|title=Map3|website=Minnesota DNR|access-date=April 3, 2021}}{{cite book|title=Streams and Rivers of Minnesota|last=Waters|first=Thomas F.|publisher=University Of Minnesota Press|year=1977|location=Minneapolis|isbn=0816609608|pages=249, 264}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wmas/detail_report.html?id=WMA0174800|title=Winnebago Creek WMA|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|access-date=May 11, 2021}}

See also

References

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{{Minnesota tributaries of the lower Mississippi drainage basin|state=collapsed}}

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Category:Rivers of Houston County, Minnesota

Category:Rivers of Minnesota

Category:Tributaries of the Mississippi River

Category:Southern Minnesota trout streams

Category:Driftless Area

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