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Verona, Wisconsin

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Verona City. It lies in ZIP code area 53593. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle. 14,030 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Verona within Dane County

Population over time

2 figures

Verona grew from 10,619 to 14,030 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
201010,619
202014,030+3,411 (+32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Verona between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 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/undetermined6
Smoking2

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
24 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources480
14 August 2020Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018928
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1195
25 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources471
2 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012493
5 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources190
5 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2008302
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources251

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Verona: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Hammersley No. 1 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kapel-Marquardt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hammersly Construction CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marty PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weiland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dane County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verona in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 20 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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 2014Tornado (EF3)Verona$14,000,000A Tornado severely damaged the Country View Elementary school, which will have to be rebuilt. At least 30 homes sustained major damage, 19 of which were rendered uninhabitable. Many trees down. Estimated winds up to 140 mph.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Verona$100,000This tornado spun up southwest of Verona about 1/2 mile southwest of the intersection of CTH G and Sugar River Road, and traveled east-northeast to about 3 miles northeast of McFarland about 1.5 miles east-northeast of the intersection of Interstate 39/90 and STH 12/18. The damage path was sporadic. On the south side of Verona, numerous trees were uprooted, a garage was crushed by a fallen tree, and 3 vehicles were damaged by fallen trees. Several power lines were pulled down by broken tree branches. Scattered uprooted trees and/or broken tree branches were seen along the remainder of the tornado path. However, most of the damage occurred in the Verona area. Maximum winds in this EF1 tornado were about 95 mph based on DI 27 (TH), DOD 3. The actual starting location was 42.98002/-89.58399 and the ending location was 43.05538/-89.26050. The average path width was about 70 yards.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindVerona$10,000Sheriff deputies reported large trees and power lines blown down from damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 knots (75 mph).
June 2008LightningVerona$10,000Lightning struck a home, and the current damaged the residents's electrical system, appliances, and televisions.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindVerona$7,000Extensive tree damage on the south side of Verona.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindVerona$7,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindVerona$5,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindVerona$3,000A swath of tree damage near the center of Verona.
March 2017HailVerona-Accompanied by 20-30 mph wind.
July 2013HailVerona-A trained spotter reported a mix of hail sizes up to 1.50 inch in diameter just northwest of Verona.
July 2013HailVerona-The public reported hail between 5/8 inch to 3/4 inch in diameter in Verona.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindVerona-Downburst tree damage was caused by downdrafts in a super-cell thunderstorm that spun up a nearby tornado that passed through the south side of Verona to north of McFarland.
September 2011HailVerona-A trained spotter reported hail, 3/4 of an inch in diameter, that fell 1 mile west of the town of Verona in Dane County.
April 2006HailVerona-Roads and lawns were covered white.
April 2025HailVerona-no account filed
September 2021HailVerona-no account filed
September 2021HailVerona-no account filed
September 2021HailVerona-no account filed
September 2021HailVerona-no account filed
June 2020HailVerona-no account filed
September 2019HailVerona-no account filed
September 2016HailVerona-no account filed
May 2015HailVerona-no account filed
May 2011HailVerona-no account filed
June 2011HailVerona-no account filed
March 2007HailVerona-no account filed
April 2006HailVerona-no account filed
April 2006HailVerona-no account filed
July 2006Heavy RainVerona-no account filed
August 2005Funnel CloudVerona-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindVerona-no account filed
April 2003Heavy RainVerona-no account filed
June 1998HailVerona-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindVerona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dane 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
Five Points (historical)1.7 miles17
Fitchburg3.9 miles20
Paoli4.3 miles15
Middleton Junction4.8 miles17
West Middleton5.2 miles17
Riley5.2 miles17
Basco5.5 miles15
Oak Hall5.8 miles20

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 VeronaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1569520The 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 1576068. 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.