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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.

Germantown within Washington County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Germantown 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.

YearPeople Change
201019,749
202020,917+1,168 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

19 since 2013

Regional 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801183
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801269
19 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801111
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002444
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000661
29 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800799
15 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800727
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018057

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
United Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Hubertos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Johann Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Merget Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

31 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodGermantown$2,700,000no account filed
April 2006HailGermantown$1,990,000Hail sized ranged from 1.00 to 2.00 inches in diameter.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGermantown$50,000A heating unit was ripped off the roof of a building as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area.
August 1996LightningGermantown$50,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGermantown$10,000Multiple trees were downed at the Blackstone Creek golf course as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGermantown$10,000Tress and power lines were reported to be blown down by powerful thunderstorm winds by the public in Germantown.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGermantown$5,000Intense thunderstorm winds gusting to 70 mph knocked down trees and caused minor property damage in Germantown (Washington county).
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGermantown$3,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGermantown$2,000no account filed
April 2026FloodGermantown$1,000Some street flooding in Germantown.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGermantown$1,000A large tree down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGermantown$1,000Estimated wind gust of 60 mph and small branches down.
April 2026HailGermantown-Trained spotter reports 1.25 inch diameter hail southeast of Germantown.
April 2026HailGermantown-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail southeast of Germantown.
April 2026HailGermantown-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Germantown.
June 2023HailGermantown-Hail with diameter of 0.50 TO 0.75 inches.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Germantown-A very sporadic damage path of small branches and twigs down.
September 2021HailGermantown-no account filed
September 2021HailGermantown-no account filed
May 2018HailGermantown-no account filed
September 2016HailGermantown-no account filed
May 2012HailGermantown-no account filed
May 2006HailGermantown-no account filed
September 2006HailGermantown-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed
March 2000HailGermantown-no account filed
June 2000HailGermantown-no account filed
July 2000HailGermantown-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Victory Center2.1 miles20
Rockfield2.2 miles15
Dheinsville2.3 miles15
Goldenthal2.8 miles20
Willow Creek2.9 miles20
Meeker3.4 miles20
Kirchhayn4.6 miles15
Richfield4.8 miles15

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 GermantownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2672768The 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.