BlockOtley, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Summit Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50214. The Survey maps it on the Otley quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1909 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Otley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Indianola quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Otley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurrence | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otley in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otley | $150,000 | Multiple homes with hail damaged siding, windows knocked out, garage with two walls blown out, and a machine shed roof was blown off. Two large trees were also twisted. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Otley | $25,000 | NWS storm survey found the last tornado in a series from the same storm in northeast Marion county. The tornado touchdown and moved quickly northeast producing mainly tree damage. However, one barn was shifted off its foundation with several other open air structures being destroyed altogether. Damage was rated high end EF0. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Otley | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Otley | $10,000 | Flooding was reported along 200th between Beardsley and County Line Road, and on County Line Road between 190th and 200th. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otley | $5,000 | Large tree limbs were down with damage reported in the 2100 block of Carter Drive. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Otley | $3,000 | Quarter size hail caused damage to a car. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Otley | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otley | - | Delayed social media report of a large tree down near Otley. Time of occurrence estimated by radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otley | - | Large trees and limbs down, along with a small outbuilding destroyed. Time of occurrence estimated from radar. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Otley | - | Multiple funnels reported looking north towards Newton. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Otley | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud near Otley. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Otley | - | Path continued into Marion county from Jasper county. In Marion county, the tornado remained in rural cropland damaging crops and trees. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Otley | - | Brief tornado east of Otley with little if any damage. Reported by a storm chaser with path found using high resolution satellite imagery. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Otley | - | Rainfall during the past 24 hours was 2.62 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eifield (historical) | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cordova (historical) | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Howell (historical) | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pella | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Flagler | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Knoxville | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Durham | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Donley Station (historical) | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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 Otley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7108882 | 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 463550. 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.
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.