BASEMENT WATERPROOFING IN SPRING VALLEY, WI

Facts about Spring Valley, WI

Spring Valley is a village in Pierce and St. Croix counties in Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,401 at the 2020 census. Of those, 1,390 were in Pierce County and 11 in St. Croix County. The village is mostly within the Town of Spring Lake in Pierce County. Small parts also lie in the Town of Gilman, also in Pierce County, and the Town of Cady in St. Croix County.

Geography

Spring Valley is located at 44°50′50″N 92°14′24″W (44.847111, -92.240130), along the Eau Galle River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has an area of 4.54 square miles (11.76 km2), of which 4.14 square miles (10.72 km2) is land and 0.40 square miles (1.04 km2) is water.

Natural attractions

Crystal Cave is about a mile southwest of Spring Valley. This privately held natural attraction, formed millions of years ago by ground water eroding the sandstone and dolomite that underlies the area, has been open to tourists since 1942. A local 16-year-old discovered an opening to the cave in 1881. It was excavated, developed and promoted to the public by an Eau Claire, Wisconsin amateur geologist and advertising man. Opening day drew 4,000 visitors. The owners have retained the flavor of the 1950s and enjoy sharing the site’s geologic history with visitors.

Promoted as the Midwest’s largest earthen dam, Eau Galle Dam and Recreation, northwest of town, was built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1965 to protect Spring Valley from the Eau Galle River’s surging flood waters. A recreational area has grown up around the dam’s reservoir, Lake George.