Otsego, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43762. It stands on Brush Run. The Survey maps it on the Otsego quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1908 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Otsego quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Otsego quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Otsego quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Monroe township, in the words of 1882.
Topography
The territory comprising this township is situated in the extreme northeast corner of Muskingum county. It is drained entii-ely by "White Eyes" creek, (so named in commemoration of the noted Indian by that name, who, notwithstanding he was indeed the white man's friend, was murdered by white men). The stream traverses it from the southwest to the northeast corner.
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fires nearby
13 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Otsego between 2009 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9065 |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15863 |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15469 |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,146 shownMuseums hold 1,146 specimens collected within 10 miles of Otsego between 1893 and 1975: 840 Animalia, 296 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W.; Adams, S. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Synchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl. | 1931 | E. B. Mains | |
![]() | Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813 | 1954 | Betty Dasch | New Concord |
![]() | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1893 | Smith, Herbert H | Adams Mills, Barrs Mills |
![]() | Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) | 1893 | Smith, Herbert H | Adams Mills |
![]() | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1908 | A. H. Wright | New Concord |
![]() | Medicago sativa L. | 1911 | Coleman, J. | New Concord |
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township |
![]() | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Near Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio |
![]() | Dichostereum effuscatum (Cooke & Ellis) Boidin & Lanq. | 1931 | E. B. Mains | |
| Allocapnia recta (Claassen, 1924) | 1935 | H.H. Ross | ||
| Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 1942 | 1935 | H.H. Ross |
All 1,146 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
10 since 1995The National Weather Service names Otsego in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Otsego | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | $25,000 | Multiple large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Otsego | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported SR 83 closed by flooding along Wills Creek south of Coshocton. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | $500 | Local law enforcement reported trees down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | - | Multiple trees down along Lookout Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | - | A trained spotter reported multiple trees down and widespread power outages. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | - | Broadcast Media reported multiple trees down at the intersection of Lane and Bell Run Rd near Adamsville. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | - | A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Otsego | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquand Mills | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ferncliff (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomfield | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Adamsville | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Spencer | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wills Town (historical) | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Concord | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Norwich | 9.5 miles | 15 |
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 Otsego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22134077 | The 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 1049044. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.





















