Omro, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Omro City. It lies in ZIP code area 54963. The Survey maps it on the Omro quadrangle. 3,652 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
On record in Omro
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Cole Watch Towerlisted 1978
Omro High School, Annex and Webster Manual Training Schoollisted 1985
Omro Village Hall and Engine Houselisted 1997- Omro Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresOmro grew from 3,517 to 3,652 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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 | 3,517 | |
| 2020 | 3,652 | +135 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Omro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oshkosh quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Omro between 2006 and 2020, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2019 | Smoking | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 203 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 150 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 133 |
| 7 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | BRADLEY WF |
| 24 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 495 |
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 Omro: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kalata Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Peters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omro in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | 2 hurt, $4,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Omro | $10,400,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Omro. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power lines, and snapped power poles in Omro. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Omro. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and flipped a semi west northwest of Omro. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted numerous trees between Omro and Waukau. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was measured in Omro. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Omro. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Omro and blew sheet metal off a score board at Omro High School. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires between Omro and Winneconne. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Omro | - | Several periods of heavy rain across southern Winnebago County caused street flooding in Omro and Oshkosh. Streets in Omro were flooded, and a foot of water flowed across State Highway 21 and Industrial Road and nearly 2 feet of water flowed across 20th Avenue in the Westhaven area of Oshkosh. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Omro | - | Very heavy rainfall in a short amount of time resulted in a foot of moving water across Highway 21 near Industrial Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph and uprooted trees around Omro. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Omro | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Omro | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Omro | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Omro | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omro | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Omro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Park | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Harbor Springs | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Waukau | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rivermoor | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Reighmoor | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Winneconne | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Zion | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Eureka | 5.7 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 Omro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q921862 | 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 1570814. 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.



