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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1884 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Strafford quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Strafford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Elkland quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230709-03906-09202020-1200 |
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261467-11201-09172020-1604 |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177857-03906-08092018-1610 |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional 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.
Storms near this place
32 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Olive | 1 killed, $30,000 | A 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $12,000 | Two power poles were reported down on Highway 215 between Potters Road and Red Top Road. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a section of a building. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees near Olive. A shed and playhouse were also damaged. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $5,000 | Report 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $5,000 | Shingles were removed from a home by high winds. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Olive | $3,000 | This 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $3,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees and ripped off a garage roof. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Olive | - | Hen egg sized hail was reported in a rural part of the county. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Olive | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in a rural portion of the county. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Olive | - | Route E at a low water area was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | A personal weather station measured a wind gust of 61 mph. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Olive | - | The intersection of Highway 65 and Stockwood Road were impassable due to high water at a low water area. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Olive | - | Quarter sized hail was reported via social media. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Olive | - | Flooding of the low water crossing at Farm Road 221 and Cabin Creek closed the road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | Leaf litter and trees limbs were reported down near US Highway 65 and Highway 215. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | Trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph with some tree damage. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | Trained weather spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Olive | - | Trained spotter reported penny to nickel sized hail near the Greene and Dallas county line. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | Wind gusts wrapped a trampoline around some power lines. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Olive | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Olive | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Olive | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Olive | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Redtop | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| March | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Thorpe | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Charity | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Foose | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Grove | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Limekiln Ford (historical) | 8.0 miles | 14 |
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 Olive | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27984832 | 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 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.








