BlockSnows Corner, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hartland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54011. The Survey maps it on the Ellsworth quadrangle. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Maiden Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Maiden Rock quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 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 Ellsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Snows Corner: 16 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindgren Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Birch Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Road Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Coulee Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Creek Road Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Donald Sears Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snows Corner in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snows Corner | - | The local law enforcement officials reported a large tree blown down along Highway 63, north of Hager City, Wisconsin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moeville | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ottman Corners | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ellsworth | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| East Ellsworth | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Evergreen Estates | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Esdaile | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hager City | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Trimbelle | 5.9 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 Snows Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7548693 | 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 1577829. 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.