Coon Rapids snow plowing for Anoka County driveways, cul-de-sacs, and commercial lots along the Mississippi — mains-only on small events, a full pass at three inches.
01 The three-inch line
The city says crews generally do a full plow of main streets, residential streets, and sidewalks about 10 times a year — when snowfall is 3 inches or more.
Smaller events stay on the mains. After roadways, the city clears bridges, medians, and city sidewalks. If you live on a cul-de-sac, a two-inch night can leave the bulb closed while Highway 10 is already moving. The snow removal page is the city’s own split.
Winter parking: November 1 through April 1, no parking on the street from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Parking is also prohibited on public streets when expected accumulation is 3 inches or more, or until that street is plowed curb-to-curb.
02 Anoka County, on the dam
Census 2020: 63,599 people on 22.61 square miles of land, density 2,813.1. The Coon Rapids Dam — Three Rivers and Anoka County parks — spans the Mississippi between this city and Brooklyn Park. Residential streets and cul-de-sacs sit behind commercial corridors on Highway 10, University, and 610.
The city webpage mentions an average of 54 inches of snow a year. We do not use that figure. It is not an NCEI station normal. The Twin Cities climate figure we use is 51.2 inches a year at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP / NCEI station USW00014922), the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normal — the same number the Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office publishes. That is the airport station, not a city-by-city total.
03 What we plow in Coon Rapids
Plow MN is licensed and insured. We plow residential driveways and walkways and commercial lots, seasonal or per-plow. We do not take city sidewalks after the roadway pass. We take the private surface that is still closed when the city has decided the event is mains-only.
04 Coon Rapids questions
Crews generally do a full plow of main streets, residential streets, and sidewalks about 10 times a year when snowfall is 3 inches or more. Smaller events: main streets only. The city also clears bridges, medians, and city sidewalks after the roadways. See Snow Removal.
November 1 through April 1: no parking on the street from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Parking is also prohibited on public streets when expected snow accumulation is 3 inches or more, or until the street has been plowed curb-to-curb.
The city is responsible for clearing snow from city sidewalks once all roadways are cleared. That is a city walk after a city street — not a driveway, and not a commercial lot on Highway 10 or University.
Yes. Coon Rapids is an Anoka County suburb on the Mississippi north of Minneapolis. Census 2020: 63,599 people, 22.61 square miles of land, density 2,813.1. The Coon Rapids Dam (Three Rivers / Anoka County parks) spans the river between Coon Rapids and Brooklyn Park. Suburban residential streets and cul-de-sacs sit with commercial corridors on Hwy 10, University, and 610.
The city webpage states an average of 54 inches of snow a year. That figure is not an NCEI station normal, so we do not use it here. The Twin Cities climate figure we use is 51.2 inches a year at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP / NCEI station USW00014922), the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normal — the same number the Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office publishes. That is the airport station, not a city-by-city total.
Yes, when they are private. MnDOT and the city split the public roadways. Licensed and insured, we quote the lot, the access drive, and the walk the city is not assigned to open.
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