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Olga, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fordland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65652. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bruner quadrangle.

Olga within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Olga between 1992 and 2016, burning about 599 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning170 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning22 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Olga: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron, 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
Harpers MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
White BankIronPast Producer
Purdham DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

50 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olga in 50 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 26 flood, 18 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Flash FloodOlga1 killedA vehicle containing 3 occupants attempted to traverse a flooded low water crossing on Route Z at the Finley River. Two of the occupants were rescued safely but the driver did not survive, drowning as a result.
July 2015Flash FloodOlga$3,000,000State Route Z at Finley Creek was flooded and closed. This storm report will contain the overall flood damage estimates across Webster County for this storm event. There were several episodes and heavy rainfall events which led to a compound affect to the flooding damage. Numerous roads, bridges, and low water crossings were heavily damaged.
December 2010Tornado (EF0)Olga$100,000A NWS survey team confirmed the EF-1 tornado that touched down in Christian County diminished to EF-0 intensity as it tracked into Webster County. There were numerous trees uprooted and outbuildings damaged.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindOlga$40,000Several power lines and poles were reported down on State Highway Z, south of Fordland.
February 2018Flash FloodOlga$10,000Two people were rescued from flood water at State Highway Z near Olga.
February 2018FloodOlga$10,000There were two people rescued along the Finley Creek and Highway Z near Olga.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOlga$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down several five inch diameter tree limbs. Roof damage to a home was also observed.
March 2026FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding.
May 2025Flash FloodOlga-Route Z at Finley Creek was closed due to flooding.
April 2024FloodOlga-Route Z at the Finley Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2024FloodOlga-State Highway Z at Finley Creek was flooded and impassable.
December 2024Flash FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding at the Finley River. A water rescue occurred at this location due to a vehicle being swept off in flood waters. Two occupants of the vehicle were successfully rescued.
June 2024Flash FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding at Finley Creek.
June 2024Flash FloodOlga-State highway z was closed due to flooding of Finley Creek.
March 2023Flash FloodOlga-Route Z at Finley Creek was flooded and impassable.
March 2023FloodOlga-Highway Z at the Finley Creek was flooded and impassable.
February 2022FloodOlga-Highway Z at the Finley River was flooded and impassable due to high water.
April 2022FloodOlga-Highway Z at the Finley Creek was flooded and impassable.
May 2022FloodOlga-Highway Z at Finley Creek was flooded and impassable at the low water crossing.
March 2022Flash FloodOlga-Route Z at the Finley River was flooded and impassable.
April 2021Flash FloodOlga-Route Z was closed at the Finley Creek due to flooding.
January 2021Flash FloodOlga-Heavy rainfall caused Finley Creek to flood making State Route Z impassable.
March 2021FloodOlga-The low water crossing on Highway Z at Finley Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2021FloodOlga-The low water crossing on Highway Z at Finley Creek was closed due to flooding.
March 2020Flash FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding at Finley Creek.
March 2020Flash FloodOlga-Highway Z at the Finley River was reported flooded and impassable.
March 2020FloodOlga-Route Z at the Finley River was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodOlga-Highway Z at the Finley River low water crossing was flooded and impassable.
May 2020Flash FloodOlga-Highway Z at the Finley Creek low waster crossing was closed due to flooding.
May 2020Flash FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding at the Finley Creek low water crossing.
February 2019FloodOlga-Route Z was closed due to flooding.
February 2018FloodOlga-Highway Z was flooded and impassable.
March 2018FloodOlga-The road was closed due to flooding near Route Z.
May 2017HailOlga-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported at the Kindall store near Olga.
April 2017FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding along Finley Creek.
April 2017FloodOlga-State Highway Z was closed due to flooding at the Finley Creek.
May 2016FloodOlga-Route Z was closed due to flooding of the Finley Creek in southern Webster County.
July 2016FloodOlga-State Highway Z at the Finley Creek was closed due to flood water.
June 2015Flash FloodOlga-Route Z along the Finley River was flooded and closed.
May 2015Flash FloodOlga-Route Z was closed at the Finley River due to flooding.
November 2015FloodOlga-Highway Z was closed due to flooding at Finley Creek.
December 2015FloodOlga-State Highway Z at the Finley Creek was closed due to flooding.
June 2013FloodOlga-Route Z was closed.
March 2012FloodOlga-Several low water crossings were flooded along Highway Z.
March 2012FloodOlga-Highway Z south Highway 60 was flooded and closed.
April 2011FloodOlga-Highway Z was closed due to flooding.
January 2010FloodOlga-A low water crossing, on Route Z, was flooded and impassable.
May 2010Flash FloodOlga-Route Z along the Finley River was flooded and impassable.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOlga-Several tree limbs were knocked down across Highway U from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2011HailOlga-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Zenar3.4 miles14
Sarvis Point3.8 miles14
Finley Falls4.9 miles14
Fordland5.1 miles14
Diggins6.4 miles14
Rogersville8.1 miles23
Seymour8.3 miles14
Henderson8.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723801. 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.