Olive City, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 92225. It stands on Ehrenberg Wash. The Survey maps it on the Blythe quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Olive City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,916 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | COMBER |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | COMBER ASSIST |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 14854 |
| 30 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 24 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 2750 |
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | 8TH AV BLYT |
| 19 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 17 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15041 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Olive City (historical): 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Copper Co. | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| La Paz Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Goodman Wash | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midland Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ehrenberg | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Morgantown | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| La Paz (historical) | 7.1 miles | 25 | |
| La Paz Valley | 15.2 miles | 17 | |
| Quartzsite | 16.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cibola | 21.6 miles | 22 | |
| Plomosa | 21.7 miles | 18 | |
| Poston | 27.1 miles | 22 |
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 Olive City (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20709549 | 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 42818. 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.








