BlockMount Olive, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31792. The Survey maps it on the Pine Park quadrangle. 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
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pine Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,203 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-GRADY-003 |
| 24 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-GRADY-005 |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-THOMAS-001 |
| 2 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GRADY-091 |
| 3 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-THOMAS-112 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble Hill | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dewey City | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Homestead Park | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Theodore Heights | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Booker Heights | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fletcherville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Thomasville | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| McLoughlin Heights | 4.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343775. 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.