Germantown, Wisconsin
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Germantown Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53022. The Survey maps it on the Menomonee Falls quadrangle. 20,917 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Germantown
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 2 records
Christ Evangelical Churchlisted 1983
Jacob Schunk Farmhouselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresGermantown grew from 19,749 to 20,917 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 | 19,749 | |
| 2020 | 20,917 | +1,168 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1892 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Menomonee Falls quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Waukesha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 2013 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801183 |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801269 |
| 19 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801111 |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2002444 |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2000661 |
| 29 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800799 |
| 15 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800727 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018057 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Germantown: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Hubertos Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Johann Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Merget Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Richfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Germantown | $2,700,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Germantown | $1,990,000 | Hail sized ranged from 1.00 to 2.00 inches in diameter. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $50,000 | A heating unit was ripped off the roof of a building as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Germantown | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $10,000 | Multiple trees were downed at the Blackstone Creek golf course as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $10,000 | Tress and power lines were reported to be blown down by powerful thunderstorm winds by the public in Germantown. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $5,000 | Intense thunderstorm winds gusting to 70 mph knocked down trees and caused minor property damage in Germantown (Washington county). |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flood | Germantown | $1,000 | Some street flooding in Germantown. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $1,000 | A large tree down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $1,000 | Estimated wind gust of 60 mph and small branches down. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Germantown | - | Trained spotter reports 1.25 inch diameter hail southeast of Germantown. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Germantown | - | Public report of 1 inch diameter hail southeast of Germantown. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Germantown | - | Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Germantown. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Germantown | - | Hail with diameter of 0.50 TO 0.75 inches. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Germantown | - | A very sporadic damage path of small branches and twigs down. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Germantown | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Center | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Rockfield | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dheinsville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Goldenthal | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Willow Creek | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Meeker | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Kirchhayn | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Richfield | 4.8 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 Germantown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672768 | 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 1565495. 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.








