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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.

East Otto within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of East Otto, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Otto, surveyed 1923

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

25 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH BRANCH
8 May 1995Smoking25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 May 2015Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
11 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 April 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 April 2009Debris and open burning3.3 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Otto Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

12 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2005Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$15,000no account filed
October 2000Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$15,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$15,000no account filed
November 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$10,000County Emergency Management reported several trees and power lines downed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$10,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$10,000no account filed
May 1998HailEast Otto$5,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$1,000A tree and powerlines were downed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindEast Otto$1,000Trees were reported down onto Gowanda Zoar Road.
July 2025Flash FloodEast Otto-Utley Road in East Otto closed due to water flowing across the road.
July 2025Flash FloodEast Otto-Hammond Hill Road in East Otto closed due to water flowing across the road.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Whiteford Hollow2.3 miles15
Brooklyn3.0 miles15
Ashford Hollow3.8 miles15
Maples4.0 miles13
Eddyville4.2 miles16
Otto4.7 miles16
Plato5.2 miles13
Orlando6.2 miles13

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.