Olive Hill, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Marysville Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. The Survey maps it on the Loma Rica quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1888 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1912 USGS Prairie Creek quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Loma Rica quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Loma Rica quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Loma Rica quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
398 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Olive Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,607 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 137 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 |
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT #2 |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT #4 |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT #3 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Butte Unit | DUNSTONE |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | WOLF |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | PALERMO |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Butte Unit | LAPORTE EAST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Olive Hill: 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speckert Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Sperbeck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Browns Valley District | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1850 | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Donnebrouge | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Pennsylvania Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Smithurst Abd | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Sweet Vengence | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa City | 0.4 miles | 27 | |
| Loma Rica | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Coombs (historical) | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Ramirez | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Browns Valley | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Rancho Loma Rica | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Tambo | 6.6 miles | 25 | |
| Bliss (historical) | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7087162 | 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 1659299. 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.













