Utica, Wisconsin
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Summit Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53066. It stands on Scuppernong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oconomowoc East quadrangle.
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
16,019 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 Summit Village covers the township.
Read the chapter on Summit Village - 16,019 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Utica between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801131 |
| 22 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1000111 |
| 10 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800969 |
| 14 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Utica: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 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 | ||
| Evans Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Sawyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vulcan Dousman Pit 422 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Waukesha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Utica in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $5,000 | A large section of a hardwood tree snapped at the trunk. Smaller trees uprooted in nearby field. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $3,000 | Scattered trees and power lines down between Eagle and Dousman on highway 67. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $2,000 | A giant Willow Tree was snapped and a large Evergreen Tree was uprooted. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Utica | $2,000 | Sporadic coverage of trees and power lines down in west central Waukesha County. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Utica | - | This was 1 of 17 tornadoes to occur in Wisconsin on the night of July 28th into the early morning hours of July 29th. This was the 14th overall tornado for the event. A line of storms developed in northern Wisconsin and pushed south into southern Wisconsin in the overnight hours of the 28th into the 29th of July with mainly brief tornadoes and damaging winds occurring. ||This tornado began in eastern Jefferson County and entered Waukesha County just north of where the Bark River crosses the county line. The tornado tracked to the southeast and ended up crossing County Rd Z and ending by the north end of School Section Lake. The main tree damage was noted at St. Bruno Cemetery. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Utica | - | This was 1 of 17 tornadoes to occur in Wisconsin on the night of July 28th into the early morning hours of July 29th. This was the 15th overall tornado for the event. A line of storms developed in northern Wisconsin and pushed south into southern Wisconsin in the overnight hours of the 28th into the 29th of July with mainly brief tornadoes and damaging winds occurring. ||This tornado began to the north of Utica or northwest of Dousman and ended near Utica. The main damage was to a dock in a man made lake north of Utica. |
| October 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Utica | - | Damage was mainly to trees though a few outbuildings were damaged down the road from NWS Milwaukee. One garage had antique sports cars stored in it which had its door blown in and the wall push out, but was just sitting on cinder blocks. Extensive tree damage near School Section Lake and another shed toward the end of the path. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Utica | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dousman | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Waterville | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Center | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Golden Lake | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ottawa | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Corners | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Delafield | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Oconomowoc Lake | 5.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1576008. 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.







