Fox River (North) at Oshkosh

Highest listed crest 8.00 ftFlood stage 7.5 ft8 crests since 1993

The Fox River (North) at Oshkosh crested above flood stage 5 times among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1993 to 2026. The highest, 8.00 ft on April 17, 2011, was minor flooding, 0.50 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 8.00 ft; April 17, 2011; 20,400 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 7.5 ft; Major flooding from 9.5 ft
Crests at major: 0; 5 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: May 1, 2026; 7.53 ft, minor flooding
Location: Winnebago County; Near Oshkosh (1.3 mi), Neenah (10.9 mi), Fox Crossing (14.8 mi)
Identifiers: NWS OSSW3; USGS 04082400

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

Action stage	7.0	3	Apr 11, 2016	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	7.5	5	May 1, 2026	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	8.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	9.5	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

8 crests from 1993 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.
5 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 8.50 ft on Apr 1, 1922; 7.75 ft on Jun 1, 1969; 7.90 ft on Feb 15, 1973; 3.40 ft on Jun 16, 2022; 6.44 ft on Apr 1, 2023.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Fox River (North) at Oshkosh

1	Apr 17, 2011	8.00	+0.50	Minor	20,400
2	Apr 27, 2026	7.72	+0.22	Minor	21,072
3	Apr 26, 2008	7.60	+0.10	Minor	19,000
4	Apr 19, 2013	7.60	+0.10	Minor	19,400
5	May 1, 2026	7.53	+0.03	Minor	19,628
6	Jun 25, 1993	7.45	−0.05	Action	18,600
7	Jun 20, 2004	7.20	−0.30	Action	17,200
8	Apr 11, 2016	7.10	−0.40	Action	16,600

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.

April 27, 2026: 7.72 ft here, minor flooding

PrincetonWI · Apr 21, 2026 · 9.59 ft · Minor
Oshkosh-Lake WinnebagoWI · Apr 27, 2026 · 4.16 ft · Minor

April 19, 2013: 7.60 ft here, minor flooding

BerlinWI · Apr 19, 2013 · 13.75 ft · Minor

May 1, 2026: 7.53 ft here, minor flooding

Oshkosh-Lake WinnebagoWI · Apr 27, 2026 · 4.16 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 this gauge	WI	7.5	8.00 ft, Apr 17, 2011	0
Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago	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	0
Oshkosh-Lake Winnebago	3.7	5.33 ft, Nov 8, 1881	1
Lake Poygan	5.0	5.15 ft, Apr 28, 2026	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OSSW3, 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.