Olinger, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65752. The Survey maps it on the South Greenfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS South Greenfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Olinger between 1999 and 2020, burning about 121 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177416-05558-08022018-1649 |
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177413-05558-07122018-1403 |
| 8 May 2018 | Smoking | 3.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177415-05558-05082018-2226 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220598-921-03072020-1535 |
| 2 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177140-05558-02022018-1006 |
| 3 November 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Olinger: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Lockwood Uarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ss | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olinger in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 4 hail, 1 flood. 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 2012 | Hail | Olinger | $25,000 | Hail fell in rural portions of the county, however, a few homes received roof damage and several vehicles were damaged. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Olinger | - | Water was reported over the roadway on Missouri 97 in several locations, approximately 4 miles north of Missouri 96. White Oak Creek and several other creeks along Highway 97 were flowing over the road closing it for several hours. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Olinger | - | no account filed |
| November 2010 | Hail | Olinger | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Olinger | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Grove | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Miller | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Stinson | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Albatross | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Call | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Heatonville | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Phelps | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Nickelville | 7.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 723803. 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.






