BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Olga School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. S. Olga Rd., Olga, 33905
- When was it listed? April 1995
- Category. building
- Also known as. Lee County MPS
- Census division. Fort Myers Shores
- National Register reference number. 95000509 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
279 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Olga School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,585 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 85 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 36/0506-NOV |
| 25 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 1992 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-17-1102 |
Storms near this property
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olga, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | $10,000 | Local law enforcement reported numerous large trees down on West Court Place in Buckingham. |
| April 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Olga | - | Broadcast media relayed video of a funnel cloud near Fort Myers Shores taken from the River Hall Community. |
Maps showing this location
7 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Olga quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Buckingham School | 3.4 miles | 1989 |
 | Menge-Hansen Marine Ways | 5.5 miles | 2009 |
 | Alva Consolidated Schools | 6.4 miles | 1999 |
 | Tice Grammer School | 7.4 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000509 in Record Group 79. |
| Lee County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- 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.