Wilton, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wilton Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54670. It stands on Sleighton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilton quadrangle. 532 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWilton grew from 504 to 532 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 | 504 | |
| 2020 | 532 | +28 (+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.
- 1916 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tomah quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Wilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wilton between 2018 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 12 |
| 12 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 11 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 08 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 12 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 10 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 918 |
| 3 December 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 22 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wilton: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Overgaard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Porpus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilton in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $40,000 | A brand new shed was destroyed near Wilton. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $30,000 | Trees were blown down in Wilton. At least one tree landed on a car, others fell on houses and the roof of a shed was destroyed by a tree that fell on it. Shingles were also blown off a garage. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $20,000 | Trees were blown down south of Wilton. The porch on a house was severely damaged and a small shed was destroyed by the downed trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $15,000 | The public reported tree branches and power lines down northeast of Wilton. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $5,000 | Trees were blown down on power lines causing power outages in Wilton. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilton | $3,000 | An EF1 tornado formed north of Wilton and move east for three miles before dissipating west of Clifton. Damage was limited to trees and crops. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Wilton | $2,000 | Minor washouts occurred on County Roads U and Z. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $500 | A trained spotter reported a fifteen inch diameter tree down on Highway 131. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilton | $250 | Trees were blown down in Wilton. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Wilton | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported just east of Ontario. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wilton | - | There was dime and nickel size hail, but not enough to cover the ground. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wilton | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Wilton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hoffman Corners | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oil City | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Marys | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kendall | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Jacksonville | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Glendale | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Clifton | 10.1 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 Wilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2419902 | 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 1576838. 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.







