Rivers in Wisconsin

Chippewa River (WI) near Winter

Sawyer County, WisconsinNWS WERW3USGS 05356000Duluth office

Below flood stage
4.17ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 2:00 PM CDT

Flood stage
11.00 ft
Record crest
11.05 ft1941

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood13.00 ft
Moderate flood12.00 ft
Minor flood11.00 ft
Action10.00 ft
  1. 13.40 ftPer EAP - major downstream flooding.
  2. 12.00 ftWater reaches base of gage house. Low Spots along State Hwy 40 near Exeland flood, County Hwy G (Bishops's Bridge) flooded and County Hwy G at Ojibwa flooded. Flooding at Litke Road (Town Line Rd), and Bloomberg Rd near Exeland
  3. 11.40 ftFlooding of structures in the first 1.5 miles downstream of Winter Dam.
  4. 11.00 ftMinor flooding with water approaching dam road near the gage.
  5. 9.50 ftAt this level river the flow is near 6000 cfs. Which triggers XCEL energy to employ the high water action plan.Structures near County Hwy G bridge (Bishop's Bridge) begin flooding.
  6. 8.00 ftMinor lowland flooding.

Crest history

102 crests on NOAA’s list since 1914.

#DateStage
1September 4, 194111.05 ft
2June 29, 194610.70 ft
3April 22, 201910.30 ft
4May 4, 195410.25 ft
5April 20, 200210.18 ft
6May 11, 195010.07 ft
7April 22, 202310.03 ft
8October 9, 19859.98 ft
9April 21, 20049.95 ft
10June 18, 19679.92 ft
11September 15, 19949.83 ft
12May 21, 20179.80 ft
13June 18, 20189.72 ft
14August 21, 19729.61 ft
15May 12, 20039.60 ft
16April 22, 19169.60 ft
17June 20, 19819.40 ft
18April 29, 19969.31 ft
19April 2, 19989.28 ft
20July 27, 20209.14 ft
21June 7, 20169.12 ft
22May 13, 20149.07 ft
23June 26, 20128.94 ft
24June 8, 19448.85 ft
25May 5, 20138.81 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 30, 2025: 6.03 ft
  • June 19, 2024: 7.35 ft
  • April 22, 2023: 10.03 ft
  • April 17, 2022: 8.29 ft
  • May 26, 2021: 6.56 ft
  • July 27, 2020: 9.14 ft
  • April 22, 2019: 10.30 ft
  • June 18, 2018: 9.72 ft
  • May 21, 2017: 9.80 ft
  • June 7, 2016: 9.12 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the North Central River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.