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Otto, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Imperial Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63012. The Survey maps it on the Belews Creek quadrangle.

Otto within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Otto between 2005 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179043-05013-08242019-1520
2 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 May 2007Smoking1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Otto: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
House Springs MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
House Springs Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otto in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 3 hail, 2 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindOtto$300County officials reported power lines and poles down along Highway 21.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindOtto-The County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down around Otto.
May 2016HailOtto-no account filed
April 2012HailOtto-no account filed
April 2003HailOtto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Jefferson Heights1.6 miles25
Antonia1.9 miles25
Seckman4.2 miles25
House Springs4.5 miles24
Rock Creek4.8 miles25
Scotsdale5.0 miles24
Spring Forest5.0 miles25
Weber Hill5.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723885. 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.