Olio, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Freedom Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Mount Ida #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Parks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Freedom Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Olio between 1993 and 2018, burning about 489 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | A.J. |
| 12 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Ouachita National Forest | EAST 80 |
| 8 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | R14 |
| 31 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | FLAT |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | DUSTY ROCK |
| 18 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HALETOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Olio: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olio in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olio | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cardiff | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Harvey | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nebraska (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Nola | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Girard (historical) | 8.0 miles | 22 | |
| Blue Ball | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Little Texas | 8.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72941. 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.









