Syracuse, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sutton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45779. It stands on Carleton Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Haven quadrangle. 781 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSyracuse fell from 826 to 781 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. 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 826 | |
| 2020 | 781 | -45 (-5%) |
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
18 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.
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Ravenswood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
88 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Syracuse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | GRAHAM STATION |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CARSON ROAD |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CLIFTON CEMETERY |
| 10 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SUPPER CLUB RD. |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | FOGLESONG RD |
| 9 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | YODER LANE |
| 25 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8705 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 248 shownMuseums hold 248 specimens collected within 10 miles of Syracuse between 1840 and 1973: 190 Animalia, 39 Plantae, 17 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bartholomew, E.A.; Wilson, D., Blankenbaker, et al., C. H. Jones and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1940 | Carroll, G. | Big Spruce Creek |
![]() | Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Asplenium trichomanes L. | 1840 | Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard | Meigs County, Ohio |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | In woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden |
![]() | Carex communis var. communis | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Cheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Leptostroma quercinum Lasch | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Lophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
![]() | Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
| Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Cedar Hill |
All 248 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Syracuse: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Aluminum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va. | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Foote Mineral Co--New Haven, W.Va. | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Meigs County Hwy Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 1996The National Weather Service names Syracuse in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $100,000 | Large trees were uprooted and mobile homes were knocked off their foundations. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $15,000 | Trees were blown onto power lines. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Numerous trees were either blown down or snapped in and around the town of Syracuse. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Three trees were blown down onto streets, while 1 tree fell in a backyard. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Syracuse | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carletonville | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| White Rock (historical) | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dutchtown | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Nease Settlement | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Minersville | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Welshtown | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Run | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kerrs Run | 2.8 miles | 14 |
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 Syracuse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2303111 | 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 1056540. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.




























