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Poy Sippi, Wisconsin

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Poy Sippi town. It lies in ZIP code area 54967. The Survey maps it on the Poy Sippi quadrangle.

Poy Sippi within Waushara County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Poy Sippi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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
5 September 2004Debris and open burning3.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPAINT CAN
21 September 2005Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMILLER DB FIRE
6 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use61 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMUD CREEK
5 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSUMMER FIRE
21 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2014Debris and open burning3.4 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesRACCOON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Waushara County

Storms near this place

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poy Sippi in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Poy Sippi$100,000A tornado formed near Poy Sippi, moved east-northeast over the north shore of Lake Poygan, then entered Winnebago County at 8:04 pm CDT (1904 CST). The tornado damaged a house (DI 2, DOD 4) and destroyed a barn (DI 1, DOD 6) in the Poy Sippi area. Another barn was flattened (DI 1, DOD 6) near the north shore of Lake Poygan. Many pine and fir trees were uprooted or snapped (DI 28, DOD 3-4) along the path of the storm. The average path width was 100 yards.
September 2022HailPoy Sippi-Hail up to 1 and 7/8 inch in diameter fell near Poy Sippi. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2022HailPoy Sippi-Half dollar size hail fell near Poy Sippi. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2021HailPoy Sippi-Golf ball hail fell in Poy Sippi. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2020HailPoy Sippi-Half dollar size hail fell near Poy Sippi.
August 2015HailPoy Sippi-A thunderstorm dropped hail, that was a little larger than half dollar size, as it passed south of Poy Sippi.
July 2013Funnel CloudPoy Sippi-A funnel cloud was spotted by multiple trained storm spotters northeast of Redgranite.
May 2011HailPoy Sippi-Lime size hail fell southwest of Poy Sippi.
May 2011HailPoy Sippi-Nickel size hail fell south of Poy Sippi.
June 2007HailPoy Sippi-no account filed
July 2006HailPoy Sippi-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPoy Sippi-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPoy Sippi-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindPoy Sippi-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waushara 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
Brushville2.3 miles8
Fountain Valley3.2 miles8
Pine River4.5 miles8
Tustin5.7 miles8
Auroraville5.9 miles8
West Bloomfield5.9 miles8
Borth6.2 miles8
Saxeville6.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571861. 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.

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.