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Mount Olive Circle, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. The Survey maps it on the Talladega quadrangle.

Mount Olive Circle within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

401 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive Circle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,170 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 161 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/incendiarism161
Debris and open burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony26
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural5
Smoking4
Other causes1

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 2006Railroad operations and maintenance57 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMUMP CREEK
9 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-3
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olive Circle: 14 past producers, 12 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Sulfides, Silver, Sulfides. 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
Gold Log MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1874
Parsons MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Story MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Woodward ProspectGold, Silver, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Silver
Woodward ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Riddle's Mill MineGoldProspectVein
Riddle's Mill MineGoldPast Producer
Riddle's Mill Mine Gold Log/Story/WoodwardGoldPast ProducerVein
Robb PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Robb PlacerGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
McCannsville1.1 miles22
Moorefield1.3 miles22
Jonesville1.8 miles22
Talladega2.1 miles22
Stockdale2.2 miles22
Brecon2.4 miles22
Carara2.5 miles22
Bemiston3.1 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q122546208The 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 162491. 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.