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Otterville, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50644. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hazleton quadrangle.

Otterville within Buchanan County

On record in Otterville

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

22 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Otterville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning30 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2015Debris and open burning65 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Otterville: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Brooks QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Greenley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hertzberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quality P M PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buchanan County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otterville in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2003HailOtterville$1,000,000no account filed
August 2016LightningOtterville$500,000The Emergency Manager reported that Lightning struck a barn on Henley Avenue about 2 miles northwest of Independence and caused it to burn down. There was also some loss of livestock during the fire.
July 2010Flash FloodOtterville$100,000Heavy rains of 2 to 3 inches which fell in about 90 minutes resulted in flash flooding in Independence, IA during the morning of July 22. Several streets on the northwest side of town were flooded with some cars stalled out in the flood waters. Numerous streets were closed due to the flooding.
July 2017FloodOtterville$50,000Heavy rainfall of 3 to over 9 inches over significant areas from 20 to 22 July in extreme north central and northeast Iowa moved downstream causing the Wapsipinicon River to rise above major flood stage levels. ||Independence rose above its major flood stage level of 15.0 feet on July 23rd, 2017 at approximately 1245 PM CST. It crested around 15.4 feet at approximately 445 PM CST on July 23rd, 2017. It fell below major flood stage on July 23rd around11 pm CST.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindOtterville$30,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew two semi trucks and two cars off of Highway 150 about 5 miles north of Independence, IA around 550 pm April 6.
April 2026HailOtterville-Image of very large hail was sent to the NWS in NWS Chat. The time was estimated from radar data.
June 2013HailOtterville-Pea to quarter sized hail was reported in the area.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOtterville-Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down two 2 foot diameter trees near Route 150 about 4 miles north of Independence, IA around 430 am July 10.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOtterville-Trees and limbs downed by strong winds.
March 2020HailOtterville-no account filed
July 2020HailOtterville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Buchanan 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
Independence4.1 miles11
Littleton4.4 miles9
Wise4.4 miles9
Bryantsburg5.1 miles12
Jesup6.6 miles9
Vista6.9 miles11
Doris7.3 miles11
Gatesville7.6 miles11

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 OttervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7109459The 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 459950. 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.