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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.

Mount Olive within Martin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

2 since 2016

Regional 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
Smoking1
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
21 March 2016Smoking2.6 acresHoosier National ForestKINGS RIDGE
19 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana Division of Forestry101 KINGS RIDGE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Johnson QuarryFlagstoneProducer
North Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
North Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
Pennsylvania Salt Company MineAluminumPast Producer
Pennsylvania Salt Company MineAluminumPast Producer
South Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
South Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Martin 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
Cale3.0 miles13
Indian Springs3.8 miles13
Willow Valley7.4 miles18
Dover Hill7.7 miles15
Shoals Overlook10.1 miles15
Ironton10.3 miles15
Burns City10.3 miles13
Shoals10.5 miles15

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.