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Otisville, Minnesota

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scandia City. It lies in ZIP code area 55073. The Survey maps it on the Marine on St. Croix quadrangle.

Otisville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Otisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Other causes1
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 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources209
16 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverSOMERSET
11 June 2012Naturalunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWATERFALL FIRE
1 June 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources107
5 May 2018Other causes14 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Otisville: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
John Gomulak Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Larson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Osceola Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ridge Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Scandia Crushing & Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otisville in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 2 hail. 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
August 2008HailOtisville-Hail occurred along Highway 97 in Scandia, and two miles west of Highway 95.
June 2010HailOtisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Copas0.8 miles17
Scandia2.2 miles15
Marine on St. Croix3.4 miles17
Maple Island6.9 miles17
Arcola8.5 miles22
Carnelian Junction9.1 miles22
Withrow11.0 miles21
Forest Lake11.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654865. 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.