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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

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.

Otsego within Muskingum County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Otsego, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Otsego, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Monroe township, in the words of 1882.

1882, Monroe Township

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.

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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.

Rodrick Bridge, Spanning Wills Creek, Otsego, Muskingum County, OH
Rodrick Bridge, Spanning Wills Creek, Otsego, Muskingum County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

13 since 2009

The 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9065
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15863
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15469
7 March 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 2013Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,146 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Synchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl.Synchytrium decipiens (Farl.) Farl.1931E. B. Mains
Specimen of Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813Catocala amatrix Hübner, 18131954Betty DaschNew Concord
A photograph of the species Lampsilis ovata, not of this specimenLampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)1893Smith, Herbert HAdams Mills, Barrs Mills
A photograph of the species Ortmanniana ligamentina, not of this specimenOrtmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)1893Smith, Herbert HAdams Mills
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1908A. H. WrightNew Concord
A photograph of the species Medicago sativa, not of this specimenMedicago sativa L.1911Coleman, J.New Concord
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Ohio Canal, at Adams Mills, 4.4 mi SW of Conesville, Cass township
A photograph of the species Notophthalmus viridescens, not of this specimenNotophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Near Adams Mills, Muskingum Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Dichostereum effuscatum, not of this specimenDichostereum effuscatum (Cooke & Ellis) Boidin & Lanq.1931E. B. Mains
Allocapnia recta (Claassen, 1924)1935H.H. Ross
Allocapnia rickeri Frison, 19421935H.H. Ross

All 1,146 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

10 since 1995

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Tornado (F1)Otsego2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindOtsego$25,000Multiple large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2008FloodOtsego$10,000Law enforcement reported SR 83 closed by flooding along Wills Creek south of Coshocton.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOtsego$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOtsego$500Local law enforcement reported trees down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOtsego-Multiple trees down along Lookout Road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOtsego-A trained spotter reported multiple trees down and widespread power outages.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOtsego-Broadcast Media reported multiple trees down at the intersection of Lane and Bell Run Rd near Adamsville.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOtsego-A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 1998HailOtsego-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskingum 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
Marquand Mills2.4 miles14
Ferncliff (historical)3.6 miles12
Bloomfield5.0 miles16
Adamsville7.2 miles15
Spencer7.8 miles15
Wills Town (historical)8.1 miles14
New Concord9.0 miles14
Norwich9.5 miles15

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 OtsegoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22134077The 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.