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Syracuse, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Syracuse precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68446. It stands on Ziegler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse quadrangle. 1,941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Syracuse within Otoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Syracuse fell from 1,942 to 1,941 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,942
20201,941-1 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

68 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Syracuse between 2001 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
27 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2003Natural5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otoe County

Storms near this place

49 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Syracuse in 49 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 26 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 2007LightningSyracuse$50,000Lightning struck a house in Syracuse sparking a fire which caused extensive damage to the roof and attic.
June 2010Flash FloodSyracuse$15,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding across streets in the Syracuse area and also flooded near a trailer park in town causing it to be evacuated when a creek rose 10 feet in a half an hour. The flood waters reached at least one trailer and flooded some vehicles.
October 2000Tornado (F0)Syracuse$15,000The first tornado in a cyclic storm that eventually produced 3 tornadoes. This one touched 2 miles southwest of Syracuse and blew some hog farm sheds around, caused a metal garage to collapse and did some tree damage before lifting 2 miles west of town.
July 2010Flash FloodSyracuse$5,000Rainfall of 1.5 to 2.5 inches in less than an hour caused flash flooding of a few streets and the city park in Syracuse. Water also crossed Highway 50 south of town and created a washout near the highway and railroad tracks.
October 2000Tornado (F0)Syracuse$1,000This tornado was the 2nd of 3 in Otoe county this night. The tornado was only on the ground 1 mile but did take the roof off of a shed and downed a few power poles.
May 2024HailSyracuse-A swath of severe hail fell in association with a supercell thunderstorm that tracked across Otoe County and into eastern Cass County. The first reports of hail came from Syracuse, Nebraska, where half-dollar sized hail fell. Severe hail continued to fall as the storm crossed the county line into Cass County. The Otoe County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail just south of the County line. About a mile west of this, a 2 inch hailstone was reported by the public.
October 2024HailSyracuse-The office received a public report of quarter sized hail.
May 2023HailSyracuse-Trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail.
April 2023HailSyracuse-Emergency manager reported 1.75-inch hail.
April 2023HailSyracuse-Emergency manager reported 1.75-inch hail.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Public reported a 63 mph wind gust.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Public reported an estimated wind gust of 65 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Public reported tree down on the golf course.
April 2019HailSyracuse-The public reported nickel size hail.
May 2016Flash FloodSyracuse-Trained weather spotters reported that State Highway 50 was covered with 6 to 12 inches of water.
May 2016Flash FloodSyracuse-Local law enforcement indicated that numerous streets had water covering them, some of the water was up to 2 feet deep.
August 2016Flash FloodSyracuse-Social media images and trained spotter reports indicated flash flooding occurred in the city of Syracuse. Flowing water was indicated to be at least 1 foot deep in some locations in the city.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Numerous large tree limbs blown down across town. There was power lines downed, and significant shingle damage to numerous homes. The roof of a local church was also partially removed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed some 4 to 6 inch in diameter tree limbs. In addition a tree with a 10 inch in diameter trunk was downed across a road near Syracuse.
July 2011HailSyracuse-Mostly dime-size.
September 2010HailSyracuse-Reported near the intersection of Highways 50 and 2.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 70 mph uprooted about a dozen trees and caused other widespread tree damage in the Syracuse area. Some of the downed trees damaged homes and businesses in the region and also downed power lines. Some outbuildings were also destroyed.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph destroyed a barn near town.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph caused some tree and building damage in town.
April 2005HailSyracuse-Quarter size hail filled ditches 6 inches deep in town.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 80 mph caused tree damage east of Syracuse. The damage was initially reported to have been caused by a tornado, but a survey done by the emergency manager revealed that the damage was probably due to straight line winds.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 70 mph snapped trees in half near Highway 2 and the Otoe spur intersection. This event was a continuation of the damaging winds in the area that began a little before 400 pm local time and originally was reported as a tornado.
June 2004HailSyracuse-Hail up to quarter size was accompanied by estimated wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph were accompanied by quarter size hail.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph were reported in Syracuse and over most of Otoe county according to Emergency Management.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Syracuse-This tornado stayed in open country and was on the ground for around 6 minutes according to a reliable storm chaser.
June 1998Flash FloodSyracuse-Significant street flooding. A trailer park was evacuated.
May 2016HailSyracuse-no account filed
June 2011HailSyracuse-no account filed
May 2009HailSyracuse-no account filed
June 2008HailSyracuse-no account filed
April 2006HailSyracuse-no account filed
May 2006HailSyracuse-no account filed
April 2005HailSyracuse-no account filed
April 2005HailSyracuse-no account filed
April 2005HailSyracuse-no account filed
April 2005HailSyracuse-no account filed
June 2005HailSyracuse-no account filed
August 2004HailSyracuse-no account filed
May 2003HailSyracuse-no account filed
August 2002HailSyracuse-no account filed
July 1998HailSyracuse-no account filed
July 1998HailSyracuse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otoe 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
Unadilla4.8 miles13
Otoe5.9 miles13
Dunbar8.3 miles13
Tangeman8.6 miles13
Cio (historical)9.6 miles13
Delta (historical)9.6 miles13
Lorton9.6 miles13
Burr10.3 miles13

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 SyracuseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966134The 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 834012. 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.

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.