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Olvey, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Olvey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. The Survey maps it on the Everton quadrangle.

Olvey within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Olvey between 1997 and 2018, burning about 665 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
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
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1997Natural16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Olvey: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
Mc Clinton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marguerite MineLead, ZincUnknown
Maxwell MineLead, ZincUnknown
Potts MineLead, ZincUnknown
Boone County 5-0 Quarry & CrushingStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Halliday MineLeadPast Producer
Mcclinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Starkey MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olvey in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2023HailOlvey-This report was received via a social media message.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOlvey-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and blew the roof off a barn.

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Pedlo (historical)1.6 miles16
Rally Hill2.2 miles16
Valley Springs2.7 miles16
Harmon2.8 miles16
Crawford3.1 miles16
Mount Pleasant (historical)3.7 miles13
Pleasant Ridge3.9 miles16
Everton4.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58308. 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.