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Otoe, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Berlin precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68417. The Survey maps it on the Dunbar quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Otoe within Otoe County

Population over time

2 figures

Otoe fell from 171 to 161 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010171
2020161-10 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

27 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Otoe between 2005 and 2020, burning about 600 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
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
27 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 May 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otoe County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otoe in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindOtoe-Public sent a video and a detailed report of what appeared to be a gustnado that tracked south to north for approximately 1 mile. The winds were strong enough to snap a few 8-inch diameter tree branches. This feature occurred on the north edge of a developing storm with winds gusting from south to north in the area just east of the dust whirl.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindOtoe-Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 63 mph.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindOtoe-Trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts of 70 mph.
April 2017Tornado (EF0)Otoe-A tornado was observed from development to dissipation via live stream from storm chasers in the area. The tornado moved very slowly over open county and caused no damage. The tornado was highly visible due to the relatively high cloud bases associated with the supercell and was reported from several miles away from numerous sources.
July 2015HailOtoe-Pictures of the hail showed a spike appearance.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindOtoe-Emergency management estimated thunderstorm wind gusts approached 80 mph near Otoe. The winds toppled many trees in the area, especially north and west of town where 5 county roads were closed. The wind was accompanied by hail up to 1 inch in diameter.
September 2010HailOtoe-The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph.
June 2008FloodOtoe-Heavy rain that fell across the Little Nemaha River basin on June 4th prompted the Little Nemaha River and the North Fork of the Little Nemaha River to flood from Palmyra and Otoe downstream through Talmage. The flood waters covered the bridge of old Highway 2 east of Dunbar and crossed the railroad tracks near town. Other flooding was observed around Palmyra and Unadilla through Syracuse. Besides agricultural lowlands, county roads in the region were also flooded. The Little Nemaha River at Auburn, which is in Nemaha county just downstream of the above locations, crested at 24.4 feet around 10pm CDT on June 5th, flood stage is 22 feet.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindOtoe-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to over 60 mph knocked down trees that blocked a road 2 miles west of Otoe.
June 2017HailOtoe-no account filed
June 2014HailOtoe-no account filed
March 2010HailOtoe-no account filed
September 2005HailOtoe-no account filed
March 2000HailOtoe-no account filed
June 2000HailOtoe-no account filed
June 1994HailOtoe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otoe 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
Syracuse5.9 miles13
Dunbar6.0 miles13
Unadilla8.6 miles13
Cio (historical)10.1 miles13
Delta (historical)10.1 miles13
Lorton10.1 miles13
Wyoming10.5 miles11
Elberon10.9 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 OtoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2678409The 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 831917. 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.

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.