BlockOtsego, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Otsego town. It lies in ZIP code area 53960. The Survey maps it on the Rio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Rio quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Otsego between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DOYLE ROAD |
| 3 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Otsego: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dann and Wendt Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otsego in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 2 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Otsego | $3,000 | Multiple trees and wires down in southeast Columbia County. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rio | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Englewood | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fall River | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Leeds Center | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lowville | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Keyeser | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Columbus | 9.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1570883. 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.