Otter Lake, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Forestport town. It lies in ZIP code area 13338. The Survey maps it on the McKeever quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Otter Lake
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
Otter Lake Community Churchlisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1912 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
20 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Otter Lake between 2002 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BRANDY LAKE FIRE |
| 7 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GULL LAKE |
| 31 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otter Lake in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otter Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otter Lake | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Lakeview Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otter Lake | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto wires. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Woodgate | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Hawkinsville | 11.0 miles | 20 | |
| Forestport | 11.5 miles | 25 | |
| Woodhull | 11.8 miles | 25 | |
| Alder Creek | 13.1 miles | 25 | |
| Boonville | 14.0 miles | 20 | |
| Honnedaga | 15.2 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959572. 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.








