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Otsdawa, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Otego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13825. The Survey maps it on the Otego quadrangle.

Otsdawa within Otsego County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Otsdawa, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Otsdawa, surveyed 1915

On record in Otsdawa

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 15 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

51 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Otsdawa between 1993 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego 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 Otsdawa: 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
Valley View RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otsego 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
West Laurens3.1 miles16
West Oneonta3.2 miles18
Maple Grove3.9 miles15
West End4.4 miles18
Mill Creek Estates4.5 miles15
Freer Corner4.6 miles17
Rootville5.5 miles17
Laurens5.5 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122590768The 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 959549. 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.