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Suamico, Wisconsin

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Suamico Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54173. It stands on Haller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Suamico quadrangle.

Suamico within Brown County

On record in Suamico

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Suamico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources770
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources100324
7 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources96295
5 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources81281
3 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources73260

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Suamico: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Daanen and Janssen Howard QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peters Trucking Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peters Trucking Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suamico in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 1996Thunderstorm WindSuamico1 hurt, $10,000no account filed
March 2019FloodSuamico$1,120,000Runoff from rainfall and snow melt combined with clogged storm drains and ice jams to cause flooding on rivers, streams, roads and low-lying areas throughout Brown County. The hardest hit area in Green Bay was along the East River, where first responders evacuated about 80 to 100 residents from their homes. Residents near Duck Creek in Howard were also evacuated due to flooding. The county EOC moved assets away from its site in Allouez on the evening of March 15th due to flooding in the vicinity. Some roads were damaged by the flooding and required repairs after flood waters receded. Twelve homes sustained major flood damage and twenty-four suffered minor damage. Pamperin Park in Howard remained closed for a month due to damage caused by the flooding. A county-wide state of emergency was declared on March 15th, and the City of Green Bay, Town of Ledgeview, and Village of Suamico also declared a states of emergency that same day. The Village of Bellevue declared a state of emergency on March 14th.
August 2015LightningSuamico$25,000A lightning strike caused a house fire in Suamico.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSuamico$10,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSuamico$5,000Thunderstorm winds tore shingles from a roof in Suamico.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSuamico$1,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSuamico-Thunderstorm winds produced tree damage near Suamico.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindSuamico-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Suamico. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2015HailSuamico-A thunderstorm dropped golf ball size hail as it passed over Long Tail Point. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSuamico-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 60 mph in Suamico.
July 2012HailSuamico-Quarter size hail fell south of Suamico.
July 2007HailSuamico-Nickel size hail fell as a severe storm passed through Suamico. A storm that moved through 15 minutes earlier dropped smaller hail.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSuamico-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Suamico.
June 2007HailSuamico-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSuamico-no account filed
August 2003HailSuamico-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSuamico-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Tremble1.7 miles6
Flintville4.3 miles6
Duck Creek5.1 miles9
Cormier5.2 miles9
Elm Tree Corners6.2 miles9
Anston6.5 miles7
Howard6.6 miles9
Mill Center7.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1575003. 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.