BlockHersey, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Springfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54027. The Survey maps it on the Wilson quadrangle. It stands 1,197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1946 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Knapp quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hersey: 13 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eau Galle River Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Glen Lake Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Glen Lake Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| St Croix Co Hwy Dept Spooner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wilson Dolomite Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Dolomite Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cady Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cady Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eau Galle River Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hersey in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hersey | - | A few trees were uprooted east of Baldwin, Wisconsin. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hersey | - | 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 Hersey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714457 | 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 1581645. 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.