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Spring Valley, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Valley Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54767. It stands on Burkhart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Valley quadrangle. 1,401 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.

Spring Valley within Pierce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley in 2019, burning about 2 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-3609
7 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources47
25 April 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources45

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 12 past producers, 6 occurrences. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cady Creek Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Eau Galle River Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Spring Valley Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Spring Valley Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spring Valley Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Washington Drive Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Adams Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cady Creek Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cady Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cave Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

Storms near this place

23 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Valley in 23 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley$250,000A storm survey determined a downburst hit the west side of Spring Valley. Numerous trees, sheds and power lines were blown down. A school gymnasium roof was damaged and a lot of the debris landed on houses and vehicles. A local resident stated that the severe winds persisted for several minutes.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-Downed large tree blocking the road near Van Buren and Silver Fox in Spring Valley.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-A NWS storm survey concluded that sporadic downburst winds caused damage to several dozen large trees, from southwest of Spring Valley, then northeast through the southern part of the city, south of Highway 29. Damage also occurred to the Spring Valley Middle/High School on the south side of town.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-Multiple trees were blown down in Spring Valley.
April 2017HailSpring Valley-Dime to quarter sized hail reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-A large tree was blown down near Spring Valley.
August 2010Flash FloodSpring Valley-Local officials reported six inches of running water over several roads in Spring Valley, Wisconsin.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-Officer estimated many hundreds of trees felled at Highland Campground on North side of Eau Galled Reservoir. Trained spotter reported trees were downed from Northwest to Southeast.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-Few trees down.
July 2006HailSpring Valley-Two inch branches also reported down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-Trees were downed across a road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-A few trees were downed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSpring Valley-A large tree was downed.
June 2025HailSpring Valley-no account filed
June 2020HailSpring Valley-no account filed
April 2011HailSpring Valley-no account filed
May 2011HailSpring Valley-no account filed
July 2006HailSpring Valley-no account filed
August 2006HailSpring Valley-no account filed
June 2005HailSpring Valley-no account filed
July 2004HailSpring Valley-no account filed
August 2004HailSpring Valley-no account filed
July 2002HailSpring Valley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pierce County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Olivet4.2 miles11
Viking6.5 miles11
Elmwood6.6 miles11
Rock Elm7.6 miles13
El Paso7.6 miles11
Waverly8.1 miles15
Martell8.5 miles11
Lawton10.5 miles11

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 Spring ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671504The 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 1574697. 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.