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Astico, Wisconsin

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 53925. It stands on Nolan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Astico quadrangle. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Astico within Dodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

3,289 words on this township

The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Elba Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Elba Town - 3,289 words.

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Astico between 1992 and 2019, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1

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
1 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesHWY 151
13 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources74
6 April 1992Smoking5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources64

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Astico: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Derr QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
County Trunk K QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Helen H Westphal QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lucille Westphal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Astico in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 1996Flash FloodAstico$30,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindAstico$12,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAstico$1,500Several large tree branches down.
May 2025HailAstico-Quarter sized hail covering the ground.
May 2025HailAstico-no account filed
May 2025HailAstico-no account filed
September 2025HailAstico-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Danville1.3 miles10
Reeseville5.4 miles10
Leipsig6.2 miles11
Lowell6.5 miles10
South Beaver Dam8.0 miles10
North Lowell8.0 miles10
Lost Lake9.1 miles10
Beaver Dam10.2 miles11

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 AsticoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714406The 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 1578571. 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.