Maple Plain snow plowing for a 1.07-square-mile Hennepin street grid — city streets on one clock, County 19 and US-12 on another, sidewalks on the owner.
01 Three inches, or 1 a.m.
On-street parking is banned from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., November 1 through April 15 — a longer overnight window than most inner-ring cities.
A second rule does not wait on the clock: any time three or more inches has accumulated, on-street parking is prohibited until the street is plowed curb to curb. Pushing, blowing, shoveling, or storing snow onto or across a public roadway violates city code. Both rules are on the snow removal page.
02 2020 Census, not QuickFacts
Maple Plain sits about 20 miles west of Minneapolis on U.S. Highway 12. The 2020 Census counted 1,743 residents. That is below the Census QuickFacts cutoff of 5,000, so this page does not use a QuickFacts table. Wikipedia, citing the 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files, lists 1.07 square miles of land and an elevation of 1,027 feet. Pioneer Creek cuts the northwest corner. Lake Independence sits to the north. Minnesota Department of Revenue and Greater Minnesota Cities publish the same 2020 count.
The street map is a compact small-town grid along US-12 and County Road 19. City crews take city streets; operations depend on road conditions, time of day, snow depth, and forecast. Hennepin County takes Main St. E, Budd, Baker Park Rd, and Halgren. MnDOT takes Highway 12. Property owners remove snow on sidewalks adjacent to the property.
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. No Maple Plain station snowfall total is used on this page.
03 What we plow in Maple Plain
Plow MN is licensed and insured. We plow residential driveways and walkways and commercial lots, seasonal or per-plow. We do not take Highway 12, the county roads, or the city’s public streets. We take the private surface a one-square-mile town still leaves with the owner.
04 Maple Plain questions
On-street parking is banned from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. from November 1 through April 15. On-street parking is also prohibited any time three or more inches of snow has accumulated, until the street is plowed curb to curb. The city posts both rules on Snow Removal.
No. Pushing, blowing, shoveling, or storing snow onto or across public roadways violates Maple Plain City Code.
Not the city. Hennepin County roads here include Main St. E, Budd, Baker Park Rd, and Halgren. MnDOT takes Highway 12. City plow operations cover city streets and depend on road conditions, time of day, snow depth, and forecast. Property owners must remove snow on sidewalks adjacent to the property.
2020 Census population 1,743. The city is below the Census QuickFacts 5,000-person threshold, so this page does not cite QuickFacts. Wikipedia, citing 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files, lists land area 1.07 square miles and elevation 1,027 feet. Pioneer Creek flows through the northwest corner; Lake Independence is to the north.
About 20 miles west, on U.S. Highway 12 in Hennepin County. A compact small-town street grid along the US-12 / County Road 19 corridor.
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. No Maple Plain station snowfall total is used here.
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