BlockCream, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln town. It lies in ZIP code area 54610. It lies near Schultz Valley. The Survey maps it on the Cream quadrangle. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cream quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Cream: 17 past producers, 15 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotering Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Blank Hill Rd Limestone Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Blank Hill Rd Limestone Deposit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Blank Hill Rd Limestone Deposit #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Dierauer Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Donald Dierauer Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elwood Mueller Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Eugene Schaub Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| F. C Emmons Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Florin Valley Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cream in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Cream | $260,000 | An EF-1 tornado passed through rural Buffalo County north of Cream. The tornado was on the ground for about three-quarters of a mile and damaged a house and some outbuildings, including a large machine shed. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Cream | $208,000 | A brief tornado in the vicinity of Cream created mainly tree damage with some minor damage to a few buildings. Some of the trees damaged included 30 inch diameter trees snapped off or blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cream | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Cream | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5183340 | 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 1563518. 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.
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.