BlockMount Olive, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beattyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41311. The Survey maps it on the Beattyville quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
226 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Mount Olive between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,770 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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 | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITE ASH |
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 52 WEST #2 |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITE ASH |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIXER |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Olive: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Rock Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proctor | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Beattyville | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maloney | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Point | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| White Ash | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Old Landing | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Congleton | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fixer | 4.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mount Olive | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6922513 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514095. 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.