BlockOlga, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56646. The Survey maps it on the Olga quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Olga quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Olga between 1994 and 2020, burning about 807 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olga in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Hail | Olga | - | Lots of dime to nickel size hail with a few as large as quarters. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Multiple trees were blown down and a grain bin was damaged. |
| July 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Olga | - | A funnel cloud was viewed and photographed from multiple locations. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Several trees were blown down with large tree limbs scattered about. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Very strong wind and wind driven hail completely stripped fields of their crops for about a one mile wide by six mile long path through northeast King and northwest Brandsvold townships. Numerous large tree limbs were torn down for an additional half mile wide on either side of the main damage corridor. At one farmstead, a chicken coop was overturned and roofing materials were ripped loose from the house and barn. |
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 654858. 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.