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Mount Olive, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ohatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36271. It stands on Acker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Francis Mill quadrangle.

Mount Olive within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 printed 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.

Fires near this place

179 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,695 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 86 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
Arson/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olive: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ragland Cement PlantStonePlant
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Coosa Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ragland MineClayProducer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ragland Shale PitClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Minden (historical)1.2 miles24
Macon1.4 miles24
Mitchellville1.6 miles24
Bruner (historical)2.0 miles24
Boozer (historical)2.4 miles24
Boiling Springs3.0 miles24
Ragan Chapel3.6 miles24
Womack (historical)3.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149202. 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.