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Olive, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Sheridan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65622. The Survey maps it on the Elkland quadrangle.

Olive within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Olive between 1995 and 2020, burning about 440 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Natural1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 September 1996Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2020Debris and open burning1.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230709-03906-09202020-1200
17 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261467-11201-09172020-1604
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177857-03906-08092018-1610
8 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2014Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Olive: 2 past producers. None of them 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

32 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olive in 32 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
September 2018Flash FloodOlive1 killed, $30,000A Green County Sheriffs vehicle was swept off of a roadway at a low water crossing due to flash flooding. This low water crossing was located on Cabin Creek Drive, a quarter mile south of State Road AA, where Cabin Creek intersects Cabin Creek Drive. The Deputy was overcome by flood waters attempting to escape the vehicle.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOlive$12,000Two power poles were reported down on Highway 215 between Potters Road and Red Top Road.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindOlive$10,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a section of a building.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindOlive$5,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees near Olive. A shed and playhouse were also damaged.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOlive$5,000Report of trees snapped along with many branches down. A tornado that extended from Greene County northeast into Dallas County lifted just before causing wind damage at this location.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindOlive$5,000Shingles were removed from a home by high winds.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Olive$3,000This is a continuation of an EF-0 tornado that touched down in Greene County and intermittently tracked northeast into Polk and Dallas counties. Once the tornado crossed into Dallas County, it continued for 0.97 miles, uprooting trees and snapping large limbs, before dissipating.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOlive$3,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees and ripped off a garage roof.
April 2026HailOlive-Hen egg sized hail was reported in a rural part of the county.
April 2026HailOlive-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a rural portion of the county.
April 2025Flash FloodOlive-Route E at a low water area was flooded and impassable.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindOlive-A personal weather station measured a wind gust of 61 mph.
May 2023Flash FloodOlive-The intersection of Highway 65 and Stockwood Road were impassable due to high water at a low water area.
April 2022HailOlive-Quarter sized hail was reported via social media.
March 2019FloodOlive-Flooding of the low water crossing at Farm Road 221 and Cabin Creek closed the road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOlive-Leaf litter and trees limbs were reported down near US Highway 65 and Highway 215.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindOlive-Trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph with some tree damage.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOlive-Trained weather spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
March 2011HailOlive-Trained spotter reported penny to nickel sized hail near the Greene and Dallas county line.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindOlive-Wind gusts wrapped a trampoline around some power lines.
September 2009Flash FloodOlive-The intersection of Hickory and Mill streets were closed in Buffalo due to flooding. Another road closure occurred along Potter Road north of State Highway 215 due to flooding. Flooding was also reported along Cloverdale Road near State Highway 32 and along Redtop Road south of Summerset Road.
September 2012HailOlive-no account filed
September 2012HailOlive-no account filed
September 2012HailOlive-no account filed
June 2008HailOlive-no account filed
June 2007Funnel CloudOlive-no account filed
June 2007HailOlive-no account filed
August 2003HailOlive-no account filed
February 2003HailOlive-no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Olive-no account filed
December 2002Thunderstorm WindOlive-no account filed
May 2002HailOlive-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Boyd3.4 miles17
Redtop3.6 miles17
March4.5 miles17
Thorpe6.2 miles13
Charity6.2 miles17
Foose7.3 miles17
Spring Grove7.4 miles17
Limekiln Ford (historical)8.0 miles14

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 OliveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984832The 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 755562. 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.