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Waterville, 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. The Survey maps it on the Oconomowoc East quadrangle.

Waterville within Waukesha County

On record in Waterville

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.

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

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Waterville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources150
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
4 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1000074

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waukesha County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Waterville: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 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
Pit Wolf Constr.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterville in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 1 lightning, 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
August 2007LightningWaterville$200,000Lightning struck the roof of a church, started a fire, and damaged the church's sound system, computer system, and natural gas lines. An automated fire-sprinkler system limited the amount of fire damage.
February 2024HailWaterville-Dime to nickel sized hail covering the ground.

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
Dousman1.9 miles23
Utica2.5 miles23
Ottawa3.1 miles23
Delafield3.4 miles23
Wales3.4 miles23
Summit Center3.7 miles23
Summit Corners4.3 miles23
Genesee Depot5.1 miles23

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 WatervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q116745006The 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 1576296. 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.