Summit Corners, Wisconsin
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Oconomowoc City. It lies in ZIP code area 53066. The Survey maps it on the Oconomowoc East quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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 Oconomowoc quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1909 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hartland quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Oconomowoc East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
43,392 words on this townshipThe History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Oconomowoc City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Oconomowoc City - 43,392 words.
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Summit Corners between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802995 |
| 19 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1839 |
| 30 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801911 |
| 1 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 124 |
| 9 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 157 |
| 4 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800908 |
| 26 April 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801151 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801131 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Summit Corners: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dousman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Sawyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vogt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vulcan Dousman Pit 422 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Waukesha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit Corners in 8 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Corners | $50,000 | A swath of straight-line wind damage from the Oconomowoc area to 4 miles north of Merton. The Oconomowoc Lake Police Department reported widespread tree damage across the village. Over 100 trees were snapped or uprooted with every road in the village either completely or partially blocked. Farther to the northeast, numerous trees were downed on the west side of Pine Lake with scattered tree and powerline damage elsewhere across the path of high winds. A measured wind gust of 63 mph was taken at the intersection of highway 67 and I-94 at 10:09 PM CST, but maximum winds around 70 mph were estimated in the village of Oconomowoc Lake. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Corners | $3,000 | Numerous trees and limbs down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Corners | $2,000 | A few trees and branches down on Dousman Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Corners | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs blown down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Corners | - | Mesonet station WI090 at intersection of westbound I-94 and State Highway 67. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit Corners | - | Mesonet site recorded a 66 mph wind gust. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Summit Corners | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Summit Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Center | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Oconomowoc Lake | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Oconomowoc | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Okauchee | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Okauchee Lake | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Delafield | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Utica | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Nashotah | 3.9 miles | 23 |
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 Summit Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637791 | 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 1575056. 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.







