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Hillsboro, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hillsboro City. It lies in ZIP code area 54634. It stands on South Branch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. 1,397 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Hillsboro within Vernon County

On record in Hillsboro

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hillsboro fell from 1,417 to 1,397 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,417
20201,397-20 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

9,787 words on this township

History 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 Hillsboro City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hillsboro City - 9,787 words.

Fires near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hillsboro between 1997 and 2019, burning about 28 acres 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201917
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201914
21 April 1997Debris and open burning18 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2004Debris and open burning5.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCO Y
13 April 2003Debris and open burning2.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY Y FIRE
6 November 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Vernon County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hillsboro: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burr Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Greenwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Vernon County

Storms near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008FloodHillsboro$800,000Water was reported to be over Highway 80 south of Hillsboro. Unofficially Hillsboro picked up 7.55 inches of rain over the weekend.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$90,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$75,000Emergency management reported trees and power lines down in Hillsboro.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$75,000Emergency management reported trees down on homes in Hillsboro.
August 2006HailHillsboro$40,000no account filed
August 2006HailHillsboro$25,000no account filed
August 2006HailHillsboro$25,000no account filed
August 2006HailHillsboro$25,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$20,000no account filed
May 1998HailHillsboro$13,500no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$10,000Emergency management reported a tree fallen onto a vehicle near Hillsboro.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$5,000Several trees were blown down at a cemetery in Hillsboro.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$3,500no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$3,000Trees were blown down in Hillsboro. One downed tree took out a light pole.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$2,000Several large trees were blown down in Hillsboro.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Hillsboro.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$2,000Trees were blown down in Hillsboro.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$2,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000Several large trees were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$400no account filed
September 2021Funnel CloudHillsboro-A funnel cloud was sighted north of Hillsboro.
September 2018Heavy RainHillsboro-The COOP observer near Hillsboro measured 4.4 inches of rain.
August 2018Heavy RainHillsboro-The COOP observer in Hillsboro measured seven inches of rain.
July 2017Heavy RainHillsboro-In Hillsboro, 7 inches of rain fell.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Hillsboro.
May 2016HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2014HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2014HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2014HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2006HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2006HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2004HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
September 2000HailHillsboro-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vernon County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Trippville5.1 miles11
Dilly5.1 miles11
White City6.2 miles11
Mount Tabor6.7 miles11
Greenwood7.3 miles11
Valley10.5 miles12
Rockton13.7 miles12
Ontario14.1 miles12

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 HillsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1570251The 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 1566449. 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.