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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.

Syracuse within Meigs County

Population over time

2 figures

Syracuse 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.

YearPeople Change
2010826
2020781-45 (-5%)

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Syracuse, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Syracuse, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 nearby

88 since 1992

The 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Fireworks2

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
7 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryGRAHAM STATION
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCARSON ROAD
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryCLIFTON CEMETERY
10 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySUPPER CLUB RD.
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryFOGLESONG RD
9 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryYODER LANE
25 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8705

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 248 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) AlexanderOdontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander1963William G. Gambill Jr.
Specimen of Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) BarnhartRatibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart1963William G. Gambill Jr.
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1840Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John LeonardMeigs County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. SullivantIn woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] garden
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis var. communis1862W. M. CanbyCheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimenLeptostroma quercinum Lasch1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimenLophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimenMycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) House1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
Ophiobolus fulgidus (Cooke & Peck) Sacc.1883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill
A photograph of the species Septoria E.M.Fries, not of this specimenSeptoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. KellermanCedar Hill

All 248 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Foote Mineral Co--Graham, W.Va.ChromiumPast Producer
Foote Mineral Co--New Haven, W.Va.AluminumPast Producer
Meigs County Hwy Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs County

Storms nearby

9 since 1996

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$100,000Large trees were uprooted and mobile homes were knocked off their foundations.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$15,000Trees were blown onto power lines.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$10,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Numerous trees were either blown down or snapped in and around the town of Syracuse.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Three trees were blown down onto streets, while 1 tree fell in a backyard.
March 2020HailSyracuse-no account filed
June 2008HailSyracuse-no account filed
June 2007HailSyracuse-no account filed
June 1998HailSyracuse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meigs 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
Carletonville1.1 miles14
White Rock (historical)1.4 miles14
Dutchtown1.9 miles14
Nease Settlement1.9 miles14
Minersville2.0 miles14
Welshtown2.4 miles14
Forest Run2.5 miles14
Kerrs Run2.8 miles14

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 Q2303111The 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.