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Ott, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vidette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72538. The Survey maps it on the Gepp quadrangle.

Ott within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Ott between 1993 and 2020, burning about 970 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning17
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
4 September 2000Smoking9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 July 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 May 1997Debris and open burning80 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ott: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc. 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
G and G MineZincPast Producer1893
Verbick MineZincPast Producer
Arnett LandIronPast Producer
C&G MineIronPast Producer1950
Glazier LandIronPast Producer
Summers MineIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ott in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 4 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
March 2008Flash FloodOtt$2,000,000Arkansas Highway 395 north of Salem was closed due to high water. On Arkansas Highway 223 south of Viola, a 22-foot bridge collapsed due to flooding. Two people were rescued at Sadler Falls due to flooding. The South Fork River overflowed its banks in Salem and flooded a construction site for a new baseball complex. Water flooded 120 homes in the county.
October 2009Flash FloodOtt$130,000Numerous county roads were damaged by flooding.
May 2009Flash FloodOtt$50,000Flooding occurred on county roads in the western half of the county. One residence was surrounded by water west of Arkansas Highway 223. Water entered the Viola City Hall.
July 2010Flash FloodOtt$10,000Water was over some roads in Fulton County and several low water crossings were flooded.
October 2009FloodOtt-Flash flooding that developed on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
County Line3.9 miles18
Pickren Hall4.9 miles16
Vidette5.3 miles16
Gepp7.7 miles16
Argosy (historical)7.9 miles16
Viola8.7 miles11
Ruth9.4 miles18
Flint Springs10.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57145. 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.