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WISCONSIN · TAYLOR COUNTY

Greenwood

614 people, 1,530 ft above sea level in Taylor County.

1,530 ftElevation, city center
614People, 2024 estimate
54 sq miLand area
Clear 41°
Clear now Dew point 28° · W 3 mph · high 34°
City of Greenwood River Interstate 2 miles
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The Greenwood 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 Greenwood

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) · 4:54 PM
Clear
41° Clear Feels like 39° · high of 34° near 5 PM
WindW 3 mphno gusts
Humidity60%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.26 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 28° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Wednesday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 110.04 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Taylor County
NWS La Crosse and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 5:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:57 AM4:32 PM ↓
9 h 35 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
21
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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SUNDAY, NOV. 15
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 22 to 34°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 41° / 26°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
34° 22°
0% rain — NW 1 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
47° 26°
0% rain — SW 1 A
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
49° 34°
0% rain — SW 9 A
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 38°
0% rain — S 10 A
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
54° 45°
30% rain — S 12 B
THU Nov. 19 Chance of showers Chance of showers
55° 38°
40% rain up to 0.06″ W 9 B
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
53° 45°
60% rain up to 0.4″ SE 9 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 Greenwood about 5,000 feet above the ground was over British Columbia three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,260 miles back along its path. Near the ground the air came from Canada; at 10,000 feet, from the open Pacific. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. 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 Greenwood stands on

Greenwood’s center stands about 1,530 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,480 ft to 1,610 ft, a difference of 130 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Timms Hill, about 1,990 ft, 14 miles north.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks, from the Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old.

The section below crosses 2 rock units mapped at the surface.

Deer Creek to Hill, cut in half

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
1,500 ft1,600 ft1,700 ft1,800 ft GREENWOOD1,530 ftLow point1,430 ftBrowning1,490 ftRib Lake1,560 ftSpokes Hill1,790 ft ← S · Deer CreekHill · N →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 46×. 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

Mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks

Metavolcanic. Age: Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old. About 21 mi of the line.

Gneiss and amphibolite

Gneiss, amphibolite. Age: Paleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old. About 3 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 Greenwood’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Greenwood reaches the Gulf of America by way of the East Branch Little Black, the Little Black, the Black River, the Dodge Chute and the Mississippi: about 1,870 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Greenwood≈ 1,870 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF GREENWOOD ≈ 1,870 mi to the Gulf of America East Branch Little Black → Little Black → Black River → Dodge Chute → Mississippi

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

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Greenwood on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Wausau WI · 33 MI 33 miles southeast St. Paul MN · 143 MI 143 miles west Minneapolis MN · 151 MI 151 miles west Madison WI · 154 MI 154 miles south Milwaukee WI · 187 MI 187 miles southeast
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WISCONSIN · TAYLOR

Greenwood

614 people, 1,530 ft above sea level in Taylor County.

1,530 ftElevation
614People
54 sq miLand
Clear 41°
ClearDew point 28°
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Today in Greenwood

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly clear night 34° 0%
8p mostly clear night 30° 0%
11p mostly clear night 26° 0%
2a partly cloudy night 24° 0%
5a mostly clear night 23° 0%
8a mostly sunny 25° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINWednesday · 30%
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Sun0%
Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
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Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Wed30%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Thu40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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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 Greenwood stands on

Greenwood’s center stands about 1,530 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,480 ft to 1,610 ft, a difference of 130 ft: gently rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Timms Hill, about 1,990 ft, 14 miles north.

Greenwood, south to north Greenwood1,530 ftSpokes Hill1,790 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 87×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,530 ft
Within 3 miles1,480 to 1,610 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (130 ft of relief)
High point nearbyTimms Hill, 1,990 ft, 14 mi north
Rock at the surfaceMafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks
Its agePaleoproterozoic, 1.6 to 2.5 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,870 mito the Gulf of AmericaEast Branch Little Black → Little Black → Black River → Dodge Chute → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Greenwood reaches the Gulf of America by way of the East Branch Little Black, the Little Black, the Black River, the Dodge Chute and the Mississippi: about 1,870 river miles.