Olson, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48657. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Olson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 15 |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 09 |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 14 |
| 28 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOMER TOWNSHIP FD 0000183 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEE TOWNSHIP FD 266 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olson in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dice Corners | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Elmo | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sanford | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gordonville | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Averill | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| North Bradley | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Francis Grove | 6.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617762. 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.







