BlockOtto, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76682. The Survey maps it on the Otto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Otto quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Otto between 2005 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9162016 |
| 1 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 214 |
| 13 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1860 @ SCHIMSCHAT |
| 30 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 71801 |
| 6 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1860 @ OTTO RD GRASS FIRE |
| 27 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALTS RD. COMBINE FIRE AND WHEAT FIELD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otto in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Otto | $25,000 | Fire and rescue reported that Bushy Creek had overflowed its banks, flooding 3 or 4 homes along FM 1240. This required the evacuation of residents in the flooded homes. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Otto | $13,000 | Facebook photo showed tennis ball size hail fell on CR 142 between Perry and Otto. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Otto | $7,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported 4 miles south of Otto. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| McClanahan | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Stranger | 9.5 miles | 6 | |
| Rocky Hill | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Marlin | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Ridge | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Sunrise | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Guda | 13.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1375309. 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.