Paoli, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Montrose town. It lies in ZIP code area 53508. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
On record in Paoli
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
Paoli Millslisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS New Glarus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS New Glarus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Verona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Paoli between 2004 and 2020, burning about 16 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-109 |
| 25 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TRACTOR FIRE |
| 25 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 471 |
| 5 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 40 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18427 |
| 16 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18335 |
| 1 April 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18329 |
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 Paoli: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freitag | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paoli in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | A trained spotter reported hail near Paoli that was measured 3/4 of an inch in diameter that fell from strong to severe thunderstorms moving through Dane County during the early morning hours of of September 3rd. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Paoli | - | Heavy rains of 4 to 5 inches fell over the area just southwest and south of Paoli within 90 minutes, based on WSR-88D Doppler radar estimates. There were no reports of flash flooding that would result in property or crop damage. However, some small streams in the area probably flooded for a an hour or so, and then receded. In addition, some low-lying roads probably had some water on them. Refer to the Madison flash flood event write-up to see a rainfall graphic of Dane County for July 27th. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Paoli | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basco | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fitchburg | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Verona | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Montrose (historical) | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Hall | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Belleville | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Five Points (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Vernon | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Paoli | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7132120 | 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 1571009. 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.







