BlockMount Olive, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mount Olive Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72556. It stands on Pelham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boswell quadrangle. 17 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
On record in Mount Olive
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Churchlisted 2004- Jeffery Cemeterylisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Boswell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
108 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,971 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GREEN |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 12 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CHUCK |
| 3 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROSA |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BEAR |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CHRIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Mine & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allison Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkins (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Brandenburg | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Boswell | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Vest (historical) | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sylamore | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Twin Creek | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ruddells (historical) | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lone Star | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mount Olive | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6922510 | The 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 72759. 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.