BlockOlive Center, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Olive Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49424. It stands on Sawyer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Borculo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Borculo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Olive Center between 1992 and 2019, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 02 |
| 22 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA #002 |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVE TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 19180 - 2019 |
| 14 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olive Center in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Olive Center | $100,000 | NWS storm damage survey revealed a broken path of small to medium limbs down and several locations of small groups of trees uprooted indicating winds of 55 to 70 mph. The worst damage was found near Fillmore St between 108th and 104th Ave indicating winds of 75 to 85 mph. One outbuilding had a garage door blown in which caused a small section of roof to lift off. Trees on and near the property were uprooted and outdoor furniture was thrown toward the north across the property. There was some evidence of lofting as some debris was stuck in trees. A camper trailer was flipped over northeast of that location but a nearby turkey barn did not appear to be damaged. A few trees were down just south of Ottawa Area Center school near the end of |the path. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive Center | $50,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down and a street light was also blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Harlem | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| West Olive | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Borculo | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| New Holland | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Rusk | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Noordeloos | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122591966 | 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 634029. 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.