Symco, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 54949. It stands on Blake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Symco quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
On record in Symco
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Philip H. Kasper Cheese Factorylisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Clintonville quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Symco quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Symco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Symco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | REPEAT FIRE |
| 28 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY O FIRE |
| 21 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FOUR QUARTER CORNERS |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SHADY LANE |
| 30 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Symco in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Symco | $200,000 | A weak tornado formed 4.2 miles east-southeast of Symco and traveled east just under three miles. At least a half dozen pine trees were snapped along the path and several large trees were uprooted (DI 28, DOD 3,4). Several farm outbuildings were heavily damaged, with metal from the buildings strewn downwind hundreds of yards. A manufactured home was pushed off its block foundation (DI 3, DOD 3). The tornado dissipated about 6.3 miles north-northeast of Northport. Average path width was 75 yards. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symco | $75,000 | A thunderstorm produced high winds that blew down two storage sheds just outside Bear Creek in Waupaca County. More than a dozen farming machines were in one of the sheds; many sustained damage. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Symco | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and caused damage at four farms in central Waupaca County. Two barns, two sheds and a silo chute sustained damage from the storm. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Symco | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail that fell on Highway 161 between Iola and Symco. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manawa | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Marble (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholson | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Nowell (historical) | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Little Wolf (historical) | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Royalton | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Carmel | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ogdensburg | 8.0 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 Symco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7661260 | 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 1575208. 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.




