Fox River (North) at Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago

Highest listed crest 5.33 ftFlood stage 3.7 ft10 crests since 1881

The Fox River (North) at Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 10 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1881 to 2026. The highest, 5.33 ft on November 8, 1881, was major flooding, 1.63 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 5.33 ft; November 8, 1881
Flood stage: 3.7 ft; Major flooding from 4.8 ft
Crests at major: 1; 64th of 143 gauges in Wisconsin
Most recent flood crest: April 27, 2026; 4.16 ft, minor flooding
Location: Winnebago County; Near Oshkosh (2.0 mi), Neenah (11.0 mi), Menasha (14.8 mi)
Identifiers: NWS OSHW3; USGS 04082500

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Fox River (North) at Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago

Action stage	3.5	1	Apr 30, 2011	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	3.7	4	Apr 27, 2026	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	4.2	3	May 17, 1960	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	4.8	1	Nov 8, 1881	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

10 crests from 1881 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 4.33 ft on May 1, 1886.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Fox River (North) at Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago

1	Nov 8, 1881	5.33	+1.63	Major	—
2	Apr 23, 1922	4.75	+1.05	Moderate	—
3	Apr 21, 1888	4.42	+0.72	Moderate	—
4	May 17, 1960	4.32	+0.62	Moderate	—
5	Apr 16, 1929	4.17	+0.47	Minor	—
6	Apr 27, 2026	4.16	+0.46	Minor	—
7	Mar 25, 1973	3.89	+0.19	Minor	—
8	Jun 29, 1969	3.86	+0.16	Minor	—
9	Apr 30, 2011	3.54	−0.16	Action	—
10	May 10, 2012	3.44	−0.26	Below flood stage	—

The worst floods along the Fox River (North)

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Fox River (North) that crested above flood stage within a week.

May 17, 1960: 4.32 ft here, moderate flooding

BerlinWI · May 10, 1960 · 13.60 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Fox River (North)

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Fox River (North)

Appleton	WI	8.4	8.70 ft, Jun 13, 2008	0
Berlin	WI	13.0	16.23 ft, Jun 18, 2004	2
Green Bay	WI	584.0	585.12 ft, Jul 25, 2019	0
Little Lake Buttes Des Morts	WI	6.5	7.00 ft, Jul 19, 2004	0
Oshkosh	WI	7.5	8.00 ft, Apr 17, 2011	0
Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago this gauge	WI	3.7	5.33 ft, Nov 8, 1881	1
Pardeeville	WI	9.0	9.35 ft, Mar 15, 2019	0
Princeton	WI	9.5	11.49 ft, May 19, 2003	0

Other gauges in Winnebago County

Flood gauges in Winnebago County

Little Lake Buttes Des Morts	6.5	7.00 ft, Jul 19, 2004
Oshkosh	7.5	8.00 ft, Apr 17, 2011
Lake Poygan	5.0	5.15 ft, Apr 28, 2026

Winnebago County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Wisconsin

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OSHW3, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.