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Olivet, Iowa

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50143. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle.

Olivet within Mahaska County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Olivet between 2014 and 2017, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
18 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2017Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mahaska County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Olivet: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Oskaloosa Clay Products Co. PitClayPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Drill HoleZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Groenendyk Mcconville Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
OccurrenceZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Server QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Llyed Barnes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
New Harvey PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pella Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mahaska County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olivet in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Flash FloodOlivet$100,000Law Enforcement reported some roads flooded with water over them in the southwest portion of the county.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Olivet$75,000Several homes were damaged or destroyed, two mobile homes were destroyed. Considerable tree damage was reported. The EF2 damage occurred in the Attica area, along with 10 injuries. The tornado weakened as it moved into Mahaska County out of Marion County.
October 2018FloodOlivet$50,000Iowa DOT reported water covering Highway 92 between Highway T17 in Marion County and Highway 163 in near Oskaloosa.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOlivet$2,000Damage to tree limbs.
May 2020Heavy RainOlivet-CO-OP report of 2.08 inches of rain. Beginning and end time roughly estimated from radar.

Every storm recorded in Mahaska 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
Leighton2.8 miles11
Bellefountain2.8 miles11
Evans5.5 miles7
Bolton (historical)6.3 miles7
Bernina (historical)7.3 miles11
Beacon8.4 miles7
Cricket9.0 miles10
Lakonta9.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464682. 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.

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.