Elroy, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elroy City. It lies in ZIP code area 53929. It lies near Mack Valley. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. 1,356 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElroy fell from 1,442 to 1,356 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,442 | |
| 2020 | 1,356 | -86 (-6%) |
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 Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Elroy between 2009 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900012 |
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005 |
| 12 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGE |
| 30 March 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900007 |
| 25 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 5 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800014 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elroy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elroy in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Elroy | $275,000 | Mudslides were reported along Highway 80. A trailer park was evacuated. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Elroy | $110,000 | Flash flooding hit parts of southern Juneau County hard with water over several roads and some mudslides. Many area creeks rose very rapidly as well. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Elroy | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $23,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Elroy | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $14,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $10,000 | Several large trees and branches were blown down in Elroy. Some of these branches landed on a truck. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $7,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Lightning | Elroy | $5,000 | Lightning struck and damaged a county communications tower. The lightning strike blew out the surge protectors damaging the power supply. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Elroy. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elroy | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down north of Elroy. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Elroy | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Elroy | - | Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail in Elroy. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Elroy | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Elroy | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Elroy | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Elroy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Elroy | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Elroy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wonewoc | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lindina | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hustler | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mauston | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Lisbon | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Orange Mill | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Douglas | 12.5 miles | 13 |
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 Elroy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569969 | 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 1564593. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







