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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.

Oliver Station within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

151 since 1997

Regional 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism36
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5485
21 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13285
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bush-Corn MineClayPast Producer
Hoods Run MineClayPast Producer
Smith MineClayPast Producer
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Franklin Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Franklin Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haverhill Plant & DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Greenup County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lloyd0.3 miles18
Grays Branch2.1 miles15
Greenup4.0 miles18
Edgington4.0 miles15
Beechy4.9 miles13
Lynn5.0 miles13
Maloneton5.0 miles15
Limeville5.8 miles15

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 Q122549227The 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.