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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.

Olio within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

31 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOuachita National ForestA.J.
12 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.1 acresOuachita National ForestEAST 80
8 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOuachita National ForestR14
31 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOuachita National ForestFLAT
22 August 2006Natural6.0 acresOuachita National ForestDUSTY ROCK
18 August 2004Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2004Debris and open burning7.5 acresOuachita National ForestHALETOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOlio-Multiple trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Union Hill3.7 miles16
Cardiff4.2 miles16
Harvey5.8 miles16
Nebraska (historical)5.9 miles16
Nola6.2 miles16
Girard (historical)8.0 miles22
Blue Ball8.1 miles16
Little Texas8.2 miles16

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.