Dilly, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Forest town. It lies in ZIP code area 54634. The Survey maps it on the Trippville quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1927 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Trippville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,760 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Forest Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Forest Town - 3,760 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dilly between 2008 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2012 |
| 16 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dilly in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Dilly | - | Local fire and rescue reported quarter sized hail 2 miles east-northeast of Dilly. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Dilly | - | Emergency management reported quarter sized hail 5 miles west of Hillsboro. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Dilly | - | Quarter sized hail fell northwest of Hillsboro. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dilly | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White City | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Tabor | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Trippville | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hillsboro | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Valley | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Greenwood | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rockton | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ontario | 9.9 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dilly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5276985 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577573. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







