Mount Olivet, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Reed Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30643. The Survey maps it on the Reed Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reed Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olivet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 455 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 125 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HART001 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HART-002 |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HART-002 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olivet: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Banister Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bobo Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Cole Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Garner Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Hartwell Quarry & Mill | Mica | Plant | 1919 | |
| Hubert Creek Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Isam Sanders Deposit | Mica | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maretts | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cross Roads | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Shoals | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shoal Creek | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hartwell | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Reed Creek | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Parkertown Mill | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Parkertown | 4.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332431. 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.




