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Oliver, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rogersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35652. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rogersville quadrangle.

Oliver within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Oliver between 1995 and 2019, burning about 309 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
24 September 2008Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionLITTLE ELK ROAD, AL
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-11
26 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2005Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

24 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oliver in 24 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Thunderstorm WindOliver1 hurtEMA reported a tree fell on a car and caused a minor injury to an 8 year old female passenger.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOliver$3,000A tree one to two feet in diameter was blown down at mile marker 61 on Highway 72.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindOliver$3,000A few trees and power lines were blown down along York Drive and Poplar Spring Road.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindOliver$2,000Power lines were knocked down and blocking the intersection of County Roads 562 and 70.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOliver$1,000A tree was knocked down on the roadway near CR 70 and CR 165.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOliver$1,000A tree was knocked down at Miller Cemetery blocking the roadway.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOliver$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking Riverfront Road near CR 70. Time estimated by radar.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindOliver$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes at the intersection of CR 70, CR 566 and CR 565. Time estimated by radar.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindOliver$1,000A tree was knocked down on CR 70 near U.S. Highway 72.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOliver$500A tree was knocked down across the road on U.S. Highway 72 west of the Elk River Bridge.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOliver$500A tree was knocked down across the road at 73 Elk River Shores. Time estimated by radar.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOliver$500A tree was knocked down on CR 606.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindOliver$200A tree was knocked down on Highway 72 near the Elk River Bridge.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOliver$200A power line was knocked down at 902 CR 606 in Rogersville.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOliver$200A tree was knocked down into the road at CR 70 and CR 570.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindOliver$200A tree was knocked down on CR 52 just before the county line.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindOliver$200A tree was knocked down across CR 70 south of U.S. 72 in Rogersville.
May 2025HailOliver-Golf ball sized hail was reported on U.S. Highway 72 at the Elk River.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindOliver-Trees were knocked down at 4552 CR 70.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOliver-Trees were knocked down along Riverfront Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOliver-A large tree was knocked down across Nuclear Plant Road.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindOliver-Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along county roads 564 and 70.
March 2012HailOliver-Golf ball sized hail was reported at teh intersection of County Roads 92 and 26.
May 2008Flash FloodOliver-Heavy rainfall and flash flooding caused the county road department to close county road 562.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Poplar Springs Branch1.0 miles17
Anderson Creek Estates1.0 miles15
Pinedale Home Sites1.6 miles17
Elk Shores1.6 miles15
Elk River View2.0 miles17
Rogersville2.6 miles17
Confluence2.9 miles15
Romine3.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124280. 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.

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.