Victory Center, 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. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
On record in Victory Center
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jacob Schunk Farmhouselisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
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
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Victory Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1768522 |
| 3 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801183 |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1772992 |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1772607 |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1801269 |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Victory Center: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.F. Prahl Corp. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lannon Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| United Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Willow Creek | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rockfield | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dheinsville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Goldenthal | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Meeker | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kirchhayn | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Richfield | 6.8 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 Victory Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7927476 | 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 1576084. 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.








