Cornelia, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Harrison town. It lies in ZIP code area 53818. The Survey maps it on the Dickeyville quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1900 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dickeyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,058 words on this townshipHistory of Grant County Wisconsin, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Harrison Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Harrison Town - 1,058 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cornelia between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018 |
| 25 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2118 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1918 |
| 10 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20044 |
| 24 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018174 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Cornelia: 18 unknowns, 18 past producers, 5 producers, 2 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Cadmium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beecher Sand Ltd. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kistler and Stephens | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Roseleip | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1925 | |
| Upper Mississippi Valley Zn - Pb Dist. Mines | Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Barium-Barite | Producer | 1750 | |
| Bell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brogley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Klar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Platteville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ulbircht-Schaefer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ulbrick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornelia in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | $15,000 | The top of a silo was blown off and a barn or shed was blown down along County Road O north of Dickeyville. Water was flowing over some nearby roads. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornelia | $2,000 | Trees were blown down east of Potosi. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Cornelia | - | The public reported quarter sized hail roughly 2 miles east of Cornelia. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Cornelia | - | The public reported 2 inch diameter hail 2 miles west-northwest of Cornelia. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Cornelia | - | This brief EF-0 tornado produced a very short path of tree damage south of Highway O near the intersection with North Lane, as seen via drone footage provided by Grant County Emergency Management. No structures were impacted. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cornelia | - | Northwest of Georgetown, five inches of rain fell. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickeyville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bigpatch | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tennyson | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| British Hollow | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Platteville | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rockville | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Georgetown | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cornelia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5171144 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1563403. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








