Olean, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65064. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
On record in Olean
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Olean Railroad Depotlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresOlean fell from 128 to 114 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 128 | |
| 2020 | 114 | -14 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Eldon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Eldon quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Olean quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lake Of The Ozarks quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Olean between 1993 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178600-06631-04092019-1410 |
| 5 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190263-06631-03052020-1340 |
| 29 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 February 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 February 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 February 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Olean: 21 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Mine | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bixby Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Producer | ||
| Sweetwater Mine | Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Enon Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Frank R. Milliken Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Indiana Creek Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Olean Lead Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls Dimemsion | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olean in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 7 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Olean | $80,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported. Minor roof and vehicle damage occurred. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Olean | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Olean | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Olean | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olean | - | A large tree was down on Highway 87. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olean | - | A few trees were reported down on the road near Highway 87 and Olean Road. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Olean | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Olean | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Olean | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Mount | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Etterville | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Eldon | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Spring Garden | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Aurora Springs | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| West Aurora | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Rocky Mount | 9.4 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Olean | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962980 | 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 729593. 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.
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.










