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.
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 Poy Sippi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Poy Sippi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Appleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PAINT CAN |
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MILLER DB FIRE |
| 6 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MUD CREEK |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SUMMER FIRE |
| 21 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | RACCOON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Poy Sippi | $100,000 | A 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 2022 | Hail | Poy 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 2022 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Poy Sippi. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Golf ball hail fell in Poy Sippi. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Poy Sippi. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | A thunderstorm dropped hail, that was a little larger than half dollar size, as it passed south of Poy Sippi. |
| July 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Poy Sippi | - | A funnel cloud was spotted by multiple trained storm spotters northeast of Redgranite. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Lime size hail fell southwest of Poy Sippi. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | Nickel size hail fell south of Poy Sippi. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Poy Sippi | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poy Sippi | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poy Sippi | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poy Sippi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Fountain Valley | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pine River | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Tustin | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Auroraville | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| West Bloomfield | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Borth | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Saxeville | 6.9 miles | 8 |
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.



