Avalanche, Wisconsin

Avalanche, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Avalanche, Wisconsin is located in Wisconsin
Avalanche, Wisconsin
Avalanche, Wisconsin
Avalanche, Wisconsin is located in the United States
Avalanche, Wisconsin
Avalanche, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°36′08″N 90°46′49″W / 43.60222°N 90.78028°W / 43.60222; -90.78028
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyVernon
Elevation
260 m (853 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code608
GNIS feature ID1561029[1]

Avalanche is an unincorporated community in the town of Webster, Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The community took its name from a geographic feature east of the village that looked like an avalanche.[2]

Avalanche, Wisconsin
Avalanche, Wisconsin

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Avalanche, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-87020-707-5.


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