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.
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.
Dr. Alfred L. Castleman Houselisted 1996 · 0.2 miles away
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
11 since 2018Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 150 |
| 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 |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1000074 |
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 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 | 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 | ||
| Pit Wolf Constr. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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
2 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | Waterville | $200,000 | Lightning 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 2024 | Hail | Waterville | - | Dime to nickel sized hail covering the ground. |
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 | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Utica | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Ottawa | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Delafield | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wales | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Center | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Summit Corners | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Genesee Depot | 5.1 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 Waterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116745006 | 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 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.







