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Otto, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cypress Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72173. The Survey maps it on the Vilonia quadrangle.

Otto within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

69 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Otto between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,519 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
6 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Otto: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Sandstone, Dimension. 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
Beryl Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otto in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Otto$1,000This brief tornado moved from northeast to southwest according to radar data, with trees uprooted or limbs snapped along the path. A small shed was destroyed along Faulkner Gap Road.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Otto-This tornado moved out of Pulaski County into far southeast Faulkner County. The tornado tracked northeast downing many large limbs over Wilson Hill before continuing northeast into far northwest Lonoke County. Within Faulkner County, the tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum estimated winds of 80 mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOtto-A tree was blown down on Otto Rd.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindOtto-Trees were blown down on Fortson Road.
September 2005Tornado (F1)Otto-A weak tornado entered Faulkner County from Pulaski County about 1 mile south of Otto. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Damage along the tornado consisted some trees blown down or snapped off. The tornado dissipated about 1.7 miles west of Otto.
June 1995HailOtto-Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs and tore shingles off several buildings.
March 2000HailOtto-no account filed
March 2000HailOtto-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOtto-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Otto-no account filed
January 1999HailOtto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Duncans Gap (historical)1.0 miles11
Funston1.9 miles11
Vilonia3.8 miles11
Beryl5.1 miles12
Center Point5.3 miles11
Brockington Corner6.8 miles17
Hamlet6.8 miles12
Saltillo7.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57146. 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.