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Olathia, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65704. It stands on Puncheon Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle.

Olathia within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Olathia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 886 acres in total. 1 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 August 1995Natural8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220620-03401-07242020-1122
3 June 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 April 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Olathia: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
E. H. Carroll Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chickasaw MineLeadPast Producer
St Joe MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Midway4.0 miles13
Brushyknob4.7 miles13
Bryant4.9 miles13
Basher5.0 miles13
Filer5.6 miles13
Coldspring6.1 miles13
Larissa7.2 miles13
Mount Zion7.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 735765. 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.