East Otto, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in East Otto town. It lies in ZIP code area 14729. It stands on East Otto Creek. The Survey maps it on the Collins Center quadrangle.
Then and now
1923 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in East Otto
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 1 record
East Otto Union Schoollisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1923 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Collins Center quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of East Otto between 1995 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SOUTH BRANCH |
| 8 May 1995 | Smoking | 25 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 April 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Otto: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Otto Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Otto in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $15,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $10,000 | County Emergency Management reported several trees and power lines downed. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $10,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | East Otto | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $1,000 | A tree and powerlines were downed. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Otto | $1,000 | Trees were reported down onto Gowanda Zoar Road. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | East Otto | - | Utley Road in East Otto closed due to water flowing across the road. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | East Otto | - | Hammond Hill Road in East Otto closed due to water flowing across the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteford Hollow | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brooklyn | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ashford Hollow | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Maples | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eddyville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Otto | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Plato | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Orlando | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949195. 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.








