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Olyphant, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Glaize Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72020. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olyphant quadrangle.

Olyphant within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Olyphant between 1997 and 2017, burning about 2,566 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning8
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 1999Smoking40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Smoking40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Natural119 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBOLDER FIRE
6 April 2015Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2009Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 April 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Olyphant: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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
Collier Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Collier PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Viking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olyphant in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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
October 2022HailOlyphant-We received a report and picture of measured 3 inch hail in Olyphant, right along the Jackson/Independence county border.
June 2012HailOlyphant-no account filed
April 2005HailOlyphant-no account filed
February 2000HailOlyphant-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Olyphant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Old Grand Glaise2.4 miles12
Coffeeville2.5 miles12
Nuckles3.3 miles13
Possum Grape3.7 miles12
Grand Glaise3.7 miles12
Ingleside4.1 miles11
Horseshoe5.8 miles13
Bengel5.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 53047. 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.