Little Suamico, Wisconsin
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Little Suamico town. It lies in ZIP code area 54141. It stands on Tibbet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Suamico quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Suamico quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Little Suamico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 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 burning | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY J DITCH FIRE |
| 14 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SANDALWOOD ROAD FIRE |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 100324 |
| 7 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Little Suamico: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Jackie Foster Incorporated Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Montevideo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Suamico in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sobieski Corners | 2.3 miles | 6 | |
| Sobieski | 3.3 miles | 6 | |
| Abrams | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brookside | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Orchard | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| South Chase | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Chase | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Pensaukee | 8.9 miles | 8 |
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 Little Suamico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6652086 | 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 1568434. 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.



