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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.

Olinger within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

20 since 1999

Regional 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
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
4 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177416-05558-08022018-1649
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177413-05558-07122018-1403
8 May 2018Smoking3.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177415-05558-05082018-2226
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220598-921-03072020-1535
2 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177140-05558-02022018-1006
3 November 1999Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rose Lockwood UarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - SsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2012HailOlinger$25,000Hail fell in rural portions of the county, however, a few homes received roof damage and several vehicles were damaged.
May 2019FloodOlinger-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 2015HailOlinger-no account filed
November 2010HailOlinger-no account filed
May 2009HailOlinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Round Grove3.7 miles15
Miller4.3 miles17
Stinson5.0 miles17
Albatross6.0 miles17
Call6.1 miles17
Heatonville6.4 miles17
Phelps6.9 miles17
Nickelville7.7 miles18

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.