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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.

Olive Hill within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Olive Hill, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Olive Hill, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

398 since 1992

Regional 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 use137
Missing data/not specified/undetermined136
Debris and open burning73
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #2
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #4
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #3
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresButte UnitDUNSTONE
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWOLF
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitPALERMO
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresButte UnitLAPORTE EAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Speckert QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sperbeck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Browns Valley DistrictGold, SilverPast Producer1850
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverOccurrence
DonnebrougeGoldProspect
Pennsylvania MineGoldProspect
Smithurst AbdGoldUnknown
Sweet VengenceGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Iowa City0.4 miles27
Loma Rica3.2 miles27
Coombs (historical)3.3 miles21
Ramirez3.9 miles21
Browns Valley4.5 miles27
Rancho Loma Rica6.3 miles24
Tambo6.6 miles25
Bliss (historical)6.8 miles21

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 Q7087162The 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.