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WISCONSIN · JACKSON COUNTY

Garden Valley

388 people, 1,100 ft above sea level in Jackson County.

1,100 ftElevation, city center
388People, 2024 estimate
36 sq miLand area
Sunny 36°
Sunny now Dew point 26° · Calm · high 36°
City of Garden Valley River Interstate 2 miles
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The Garden Valley plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Garden Valley

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 4:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Black River Falls Area Airport (KBCK) · 4:35 PM
Sunny
36° Sunny Feels like 36° · high of 36° near 4 PM
WindCalmno gusts
Humidity65%rising to 92% by morning
Pressure30.29 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 26° · Dry17° by Sunday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Thursday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 50.05 in · 9 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Jackson County
NWS La Crosse and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:58 AM4:38 PM ↓
9 h 39 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
11
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 19 to 27° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 34° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Sunny Sunny
36° 19°
0% rain — NW 0 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
51° 21°
0% rain — SSW 0 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55° 31°
0% rain — SSW 6 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
59° 37°
0% rain — S 7 A
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
60° 44°
20% rain — S 7 B
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
60° 35°
30% rain — W 5 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
60° 46°
60% rain up to 0.5″ SE 5 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Garden Valley about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Gulf of Alaska three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,520 miles back along its path. It came down from about 11,900 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the open Pacific. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Garden Valley stands on

Garden Valley’s center stands about 1,100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 960 ft to 1,300 ft, a difference of 340 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bruce Mound, about 1,390 ft, 10 miles east.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Cambrian, undivided (sandstone), from the Cambrian, 487 to 542 million years old.

Garfield to Adams, cut in half

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,000 ft1,200 ft GARDEN VALLEY1,100 ftGarfield1,200 ftMound View Rock1,200 ftSaddle Mound1,250 ftAdams900 ft ← NW · GarfieldAdams · SE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 45×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Cambrian, undivided

Sandstone. Age: Cambrian, 487 to 542 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Garden Valley’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Garden Valley reaches the Gulf of America by way of the North Branch Trempealeau, the Trempealeau and the Mississippi: about 1,780 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Garden Valley≈ 1,780 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF GARDEN VALLEY ≈ 1,780 mi to the Gulf of America North Branch Trempealeau → Trempealeau → Mississippi

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Garden Valley; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Garden Valley on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Eau Claire WI · 35 MI 35 miles northwest Chippewa Falls WI · 38 MI 38 miles northwest St. Paul MN · 109 MI 109 miles west Minneapolis MN · 117 MI 117 miles west Madison WI · 123 MI 123 miles southeast Milwaukee WI · 179 MI 179 miles southeast
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WISCONSIN · JACKSON

Garden Valley

388 people, 1,100 ft above sea level in Jackson County.

1,100 ftElevation
388People
36 sq miLand
Sunny 36°
SunnyDew point 26°
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Today in Garden Valley

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear day 36° 0%
7p clear night 31° 0%
10p mostly clear night 27° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 25° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 22° 0%
7a mostly sunny 21° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINThursday · 30%
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Thu30%
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Fri60%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Garden Valley stands on

Garden Valley’s center stands about 1,100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 960 ft to 1,300 ft, a difference of 340 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bruce Mound, about 1,390 ft, 10 miles east.

Garden Valley, northwest to southeast Garden Valley1,100 ftMound View Rock1,200 ftSaddle Mound1,250 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 86×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,100 ft
Within 3 miles960 to 1,300 ft
Lie of the landRolling (340 ft of relief)
High point nearbyBruce Mound, 1,390 ft, 10 mi east
Rock at the surfaceCambrian, undivided
Its ageCambrian, 487 to 542 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,780 mito the Gulf of AmericaNorth Branch Trempealeau → Trempealeau → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Garden Valley reaches the Gulf of America by way of the North Branch Trempealeau, the Trempealeau and the Mississippi: about 1,780 river miles.