BlockOllie, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. It stands on John Rogers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Webb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Ollie between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,639 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GILMER-001 |
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GILMER-001 |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-GILMER-001 |
| 10 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ollie in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ollie | $1,000 | Emergency Manager reports Power Lines down blocking the roadway on Ray Mountain Rd near Garland Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ollie | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down on Northcutt Rd, three-quarters of a mile from Old Hwy 5. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ollie | $1,000 | The Gilmer County 911 Center reported that from six to ten trees were blown down between Ollie and the Murray county line in western Gilmer 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Ratcliff (historical) | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Mountaintown | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Conasauga (historical) | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Elders | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Roosevelt | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Tails Creek | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| New Hope | 5.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329099. 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.
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.