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There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at
Montello was once the eastern terminus of a spur line of the Wisconsin Central Railroad built in 1882 to service the granite quarry and other industries. This line split from the WC's Stevens Point-Portage line (the "P" Line) at Packwaukee, and ran along the north shore of Buffalo Lake to Montello. The P-Line was abandoned in 1946 along with ...
Looking west toward Buffalo Lake in Montello Looking east at the Upper Fox River in Montello The Upper Fox River emptying into Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh The Interstate 41 bridge over the Lake Butte Des Morts just north of the river's entry into Lake Winnebago The bed of the Lower Fox River in Appleton during bridge repairs
For the last 5 miles (8 km) of the Buffalo's course, it is surrounded by marshland, before emptying into Rieck's Lake, a migratory stopover for thousands of tundra swans and other waterfowl. Rieck's Lake empties out into a riverine lake, called Buffalo Slough, part of Pool 4 on the Mississippi River.
Marquette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,592. [1] Its county seat is Montello. [2] The county was created in 1836 from the Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1848. [3]
There are two very shallow lakes along the way, Buffalo Lake and Puckaway Lake. The river drainage area grows significantly in size from 80 square miles (210 km 2 ) at the Portage to about 1,340 square miles (3,500 km 2 ) at USGS gage 004073500 at Berlin, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] where the average flow is about 1,140 cubic feet per second (32 m 3 /s).
Buffalo Shore Estates, Wisconsin Show map of the United States Coordinates: 43°44′27″N 89°28′15″W / 43.74083°N 89.47083°W / 43.74083; -89
Buffalo County was settled primarily by Swiss, German, and Norwegian immigrants who were drawn to the area by the growing lumber industry, fertile soils, access to the Mississippi, and available land. By 1848, a second community was established called Twelve Mile Bluff, which is now known as Alma. Soils of Buffalo County