Oliver Station, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41144. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenup quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
151 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Oliver Station between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,979 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5485 |
| 21 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13285 |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oliver Station: 7 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenup Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bush-Corn Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hoods Run Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haverhill Plant & Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549227 | 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 499933. 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.










