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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.

Utica within Waukesha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

16,019 words on this township

The 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 2018

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
19 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1839
30 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801911
9 April 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources157
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800908
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801131
22 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1000111
10 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800969
14 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dousman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Sawyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vulcan Dousman Pit 422Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waukesha PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Waukesha County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Thunderstorm WindUtica$5,000A large section of a hardwood tree snapped at the trunk. Smaller trees uprooted in nearby field.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUtica$3,000Scattered trees and power lines down between Eagle and Dousman on highway 67.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindUtica$2,000A giant Willow Tree was snapped and a large Evergreen Tree was uprooted.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindUtica$2,000Sporadic coverage of trees and power lines down in west central Waukesha County.
July 2021Tornado (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 2021Tornado (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 2019Tornado (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 2025HailUtica-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waukesha 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
Dousman0.9 miles23
Waterville2.5 miles23
Summit Center2.8 miles23
Golden Lake2.9 miles18
Ottawa3.7 miles23
Summit Corners3.8 miles23
Delafield5.1 miles23
Oconomowoc Lake5.8 miles23

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.