Olga, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bryan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42629. The Survey maps it on the Creelsboro quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Creelsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Olga between 1998 and 2014, burning about 213 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CROCUS |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWOND POND |
| 30 November 1998 | Smoking | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olga in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | $1,000 | The public reported a radio antenna snapped from its base due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Trees were down along Highway 55 near Mills Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Local law enforcement reported large limbs across roadways. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Trained spotters reported large trees and power lines down southwest of Jamestown. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Olga | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bryan | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sewellton | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Freedom | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Helm | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Esto | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Creelsboro | 5.0 miles | 9 |
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 Olga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691076 | 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 508746. 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.



