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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Astico quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,289 words on this townshipThe 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 1992Regional 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 151 |
| 13 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 74 |
| 6 April 1992 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 64 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derr Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| County Trunk K Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Helen H Westphal Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lucille Westphal Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Astico | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Astico | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Astico | $1,500 | Several large tree branches down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Astico | - | Quarter sized hail covering the ground. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Astico | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Astico | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Astico | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Reeseville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Leipsig | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lowell | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| South Beaver Dam | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| North Lowell | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lost Lake | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver Dam | 10.2 miles | 11 |
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 Astico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14714406 | 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 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.





