Oregon, Wisconsin
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Oregon Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53575. The Survey maps it on the Oregon quadrangle. 11,179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.
On record in Oregon
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 5 records
First National Banklisted 2007
John and Flora Gilbert Houselisted 2007
Lincoln Street Historic Districtlisted 2006
Oregon Masonic Lodgelisted 1992
Oregon Water Tower and Pump Houselisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresOregon grew from 9,231 to 11,179 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 | 9,231 | |
| 2020 | 11,179 | +1,948 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
13,699 words on this townshipHistory of Dane County, Wisconsin ... Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Oregon Village covers the township.
Read the chapter on Oregon Village - 13,699 words.
Fires near this place
12 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Oregon between 2014 and 2020, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1289 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
| 22 April 2018 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18418 |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | SCHULTZ WF |
| 12 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 43 |
| 11 April 2018 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18389 |
| 10 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 94 |
| 1 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18335 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Oregon: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reindahl Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oregon in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Lightning | Oregon | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Oregon | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Oregon | $50,000 | A swath of sporadic to continuous tornado damage. There was extensive tree damage including numerous large pine trees snapped. Half of a roof was torn off of a large barn and half a roof torn off a pole barn. A grain elevator was blown off of a silo. A six inch diameter tree landed on a car. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $50,000 | Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 52 knots (60 mph) toppled many trees and damaged several power-lines. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Oregon | $50,000 | Flash flooding occurred in the Oregon vicinity due to repeated thunderstorms with heavy rains on top of a saturated ground. In Oregon, numerous roads were covered with fast-flowing water depths of 6 inches to 1 foot. Sandbagging also took place to control the flash flooding. Hourly rainfall rates were 1.5 to 2 inches based on WSR-88D Doppler radar estimates. Soil erosion and crop damage also occurred on several other farms in that area. Additionally, a few basements had water damage to contents. All creeks and streams around Oregon were two to three feet above flood stage. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $15,000 | A trained spotter reported numerous trees and power lines downed along a path from Oregon to northeast of Albion from damaging severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 knots (75 mph). The winds tore some siding off a home in Oregon. Heavy rain caused ponding of water on area roadways, with water over the curb on some streets in Oregon. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $9,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $5,000 | The public reported trees were knocked down by severe thunderstorm winds 2 miles east of Oregon. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $3,000 | Large tree limbs snapped off the tops of trees and onto some powerlines. Sporadic tree damage in the area. Citizens describe a microburst. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $1,000 | A large tree down on power lines. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | $1,000 | Several large trees were uprooted. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | Powerful thunderstorm winds pushed over dozens of large trees, and broken tree branches snapped several power-lines in a 5-mile-wide swath. In Stoughton, the winds knocked over an empty semi-trailer which then impacted and damaged two other trailers. Also, a road sign in Stoughton was pushed over at a 45-degree angle. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | Powerful thunderstorm winds gusts knocked down several large trees onto STH Hwy 14 south of Oregon. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Oregon | - | Hail covered the ground 1 to 2 inches deep. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | Scattered severe thunderstorms developed in the morning hours on a westward moving lake breeze. Later in the day another family of severe storms moved out of Iowa into southern Wisconsin. Torrential rains, large hail, and powerful damaging winds were associated with the storms. Many large trees were toppled, some of which fell on homes and vehicles. Lightning strikes started a fire which did damage to a chimney of a historical building in Greenbush (Sheboygan County). Otherwise, powerful winds blew down large trees in both in Elkhart Lake and Plymouth (Sheboygan County). A lightning strike severely damaged a silo near the city of Darlington (Lafayette County). Hail up to three inches in diameter pounded the area around Rolling Prairie (Dodge County), which resulted in damage to area crops, cars, and the roofs/windows of several homes. A 13-year-old boy was killed by lightining in Brown Deer (Milwaukee County) while playing on a swing set. Considerable street flooding occurred in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee County) as over one inch of rain fell in 15 minutes. A gazebo was destroyed and large trees felled by powerful winds near a TV station in Brown Deer. High winds demolished and moved an eight car garage 55 feet in West Bend (Washington County). Roof shingles were torn from several homes in Waukesha (Waukesha County) as powerful winds blew down several large trees. A home in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee County) had its chimny blown knocked off by a lightning bolt. Another home in Wauwatosa sustained damage to a bathroom due to a lightning strike. Another severe storms winds brought down numerous large tree branches near Palmyra. Lightning damaged the Oak Creek (Milwaukee County) 911 computer system after hitting the police radio tower. Another lightning strike injured a 35-year-old female police officer in the village of Norway (Racine County). Powerful winds damaged a yacht club in Kenosha (Kenosha County) near the Coast Guard, and another severe storm spun a Beechcraft airplane 180 degrees as winds hit 75 mph at the Kenosha City Airport. Powerful winds pushed hay wagons onto a road east of Darlington (Lafayette County). A spotter estimated winds of 75 mph north of Elkhorn (Walworth County) as several large trees fell over. Severe storm winds blew down many large trees in the communities of Janesville, Union, Edgerton, and Lima Center, all in Rock County. Several large trees were toppled by powerful winds which hit Oregon (Dane County), while lightning struck a car in Cambridge (Dane County) and destroyed its electrical system. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flood | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flood | Oregon | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Oregon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hall | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeview | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Rutland | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Fitchburg | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Stone | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Syene (historical) | 5.5 miles | 25 | |
| Bayview Heights | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Basco | 7.0 miles | 15 |
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 Oregon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q936062 | 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 1570854. 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.









