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Ollie, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monroeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36460. The Survey maps it on the Excel quadrangle.

Ollie within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

238 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Ollie between 1994 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ollie: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Crawford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harden MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millsap PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ollie in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
January 1997Thunderstorm WindOllie$25,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Mexia Crossing1.9 miles8
Mexboro2.3 miles8
Excel3.0 miles8
West Monroeville3.1 miles8
Mexia3.5 miles8
Monroeville4.0 miles8
Frisco City4.1 miles9
Halls Crossroads4.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152810. 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.

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.