BlockOlive, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Northeast Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88116. The Survey maps it on the Olive quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Olive quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Salt Creek quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Olive between 1994 and 2003, burning about 1,622 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LEFF |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BO JACKS |
| 30 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 475 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BERRY |
| 4 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TORI |
| 25 July 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | COWBOY |
| 3 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TWIN BUTTE |
| 25 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHEEHAN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boaz | 15.2 miles | 5 | |
| Beatty Wells | 16.2 miles | 5 | |
| Elkins | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Robertson Wells | 18.4 miles | 5 | |
| Lone Wolf | 20.7 miles | 5 | |
| Campbell | 25.1 miles | 8 | |
| McDermott Wells | 25.3 miles | 8 | |
| Vest Wells | 28.2 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899824. 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.