Olin, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Annville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Devils Den Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tyner quadrangle.
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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Tyner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tyner quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Olin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,066 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 448 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 290 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olin in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Olin | $1,000 | Up to six inches of water was observed flowing over Dunn Rd for about 30 minutes. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | $1,000 | One tree was blown down on KY Highway 290. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | A tree was blown down in the 400 block of Bailey Road in Annville. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Olin | - | The Kentucky Mesonet station in Jackson County (OLIN) measured 4.86 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period ending at 7am on January 2, 2022. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olin | - | Dispatch relayed reports of multiple trees down in Olin along Highway 290 and near Old Orchard on Highway 587. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Olin | - | The Jackson county mesonet site measured 1.15 inches of rainfall between 313 and 343 pm today. The site also measured 0.21 inches of rain in a five minute period between 338 and 343 pm. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Olin | - | Numerous locations on Hwy 30 have water flowing across them. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove (historical) | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Flat (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mildred | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Atkinstown | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Annville | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bond | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Welchburg | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Gray Hawk | 3.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514348. 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.





