Mount Olive, Indiana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Mitcheltree Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47581. The Survey maps it on the Williams quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Williams quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Williams quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Williams quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive between 2016 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2016 | Smoking | 2.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KINGS RIDGE |
| 19 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | 101 KINGS RIDGE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Mount Olive: 22 past producers, 14 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| North Gardner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| North Gardner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Pennsylvania Salt Company Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Pennsylvania Salt Company Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| South Gardner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| South Gardner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cale | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Springs | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Valley | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Dover Hill | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Shoals Overlook | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ironton | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Burns City | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Shoals | 10.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451249. 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.










