Ottine, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harwood-Ottine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. It stands on Mule Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ottine quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Luling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Ottine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Ottine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH-10 |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OTTINE |
| 31 August 2014 | Natural | 8.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE FIRE |
| 12 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN GANNON HAY BARN |
| 11 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US183 S @ EAGLE DR. |
| 8 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY PINE |
| 6 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWELL |
| 3 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ottine: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ottine in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottine | $5,000 | A six to seven foot long piece of sheet metal was torn from a business' car canopy. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottine | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, knocked down a tree across the road leading into the Palmetto State Park. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ottine | - | A manager of a travel stop along I-10 reported one inch hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint James | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Slayden | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Smithville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Harwood | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Forest | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Monthalia | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Gonzales | 9.6 miles | 12 |
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 Ottine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7109478 | 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 1343338. 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.






