BlockOlive Branch, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ewing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41041. It lies near Pecks Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sherburne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1952 USGS Sherburne quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Olive Branch between 1999 and 2017, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 February 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
| 8 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KISER BRANCH |
| 29 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508748. 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.