BlockOttawa, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ottawa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56058. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Le Sueur quadrangle.
On record in Ottawa
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 5 records
Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1982
Ottawa Township Halllisted 1982
Trinity Chapel-Episcopallisted 1982- John Rinshed Houselisted 1982
- Charles Schwartz House and Barnlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Le Sueur quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ottawa in 1996, burning about 290 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ottawa: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gopher State Sandstone Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Silica Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mullenaheur Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ottawa in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Ottawa | - | Cocorahs station MN-LS-23 Le Sueur 5.8 S. 72 hour total of 5.55 inches. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Ottawa | - | Heavy rainfall with amounts of 2 to 4 inches fell in a short period of time, and caused roads to be covered by water. The Minnesota Department of Transportation indicated that water was running over State Highway 112 at 311 Avenue, east of Ottawa. The road was closed temporarily during this event. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Ottawa | - | County Road 147, and West Junction, to County Road 102 was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottawa | - | Tree down. |
| March 1998 | Tornado (F3) | Ottawa | - | See narrative for Nicollet 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kasota | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kingsway Estates | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cleveland | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Henry | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Le Center | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Marysburg | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Thomas | 12.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 649040. 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.