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Mount Olive, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Union Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35175. It lies near Gullion Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Newsome Sinks quadrangle.

Mount Olive within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive between 1994 and 2019, burning about 552 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
30 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1268 HICKORY CIRCLE, AL
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-7
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission505 PINE RIDGE ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olive: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
General Shale PitsClayProducer
Shale Pit No 2ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Southern (historical)2.0 miles20
Allens Crossroads2.2 miles20
Cherokee Ridge2.4 miles20
Oleander3.3 miles20
Ruth6.4 miles20
Lamont (historical)6.8 miles22
Union Grove6.9 miles22
Meadowood6.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156750. 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.