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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04082500 LAKE WINNEBAGO AT OSHKOSH, WI
LOCATION - Lat 44°00'35", long 88°31'38" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.25, T.18 N., R.16 E., Winnebago County, WI, Hydrologic Unit 04030203, 800 ft east of mouth of the upper Fox River.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,880 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR WI-83-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1938 to current year. Records from July 1882 to September 1938 collected by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A report on Fox River by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, published as House Document No. 146, 67th Congress, 2nd session, contains semi-monthly records of inflow of Lake Winnebago for the period 1896-1917.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Nonrecording gage read once daily October 1938 to October 1978. Datum of gage is 743.91 ft above NAVD of 1988 (Wisconsin Department of Transportation benchmark). From July 1992 to March 20, 2007 datum was 743.97 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to 2012 datum of gage was published as 745.05 ft above mean tide at New York City.
REMARKS - Lake elevations controlled by dams at Menasha and Neenah. Data-collection platform and gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1938-1992; maximum gage height observed, 4.32 ft Mar. 9, 1982, datum unknown; minimum observed, 0.33 ft May 17, 1960, datum unknown. Water year 1993-current year; maximum daily mean gage height, 3.85 ft June 14, 2008; minimum daily mean gage height, 1.15 ft (estimated), March 13, 14, 2014.
