NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 08089MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

OTERO · CO

Tornado history

NOAA records coded as Tornado in Otero during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports6NOAA county-coded rows
Population context32.7per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 18,321
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

6 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20171
20181
20202
20211
20221
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$0not inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,022within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2022-07-06NOAA 1,045,358Law EnforcementEF0$0
2021-05-15NOAA 962,795PublicEFU$0
2020-08-16NOAA 919,487Storm ChaserEFU$0
2020-05-19NOAA 897,582Law EnforcementEFU$0
2018-06-19NOAA 765,843PublicEF0$0
2017-05-18NOAA 688,519NWS EmployeeEFU$0
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