Olive, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Drumright census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74030. The Survey maps it on the Olive quadrangle. 110 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Olive quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Olive between 2000 and 2020, burning about 6,622 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Osage Agency | RUSSELL |
| 10 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Pawnee Agency | OLIVE COMPLEX |
| 24 July 2012 | Natural | 132 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BADGER |
| 28 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,680 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | JOHNSON |
| 3 April 2011 | Natural | 17 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | POWERLINE |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FORMAN |
| 7 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SILVER BLOWERS |
| 5 March 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DRUM EAST |
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 Olive: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quapaw Co. Limestone Pits & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olive in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Olive | $35,000 | This tornado developed just south of Highway 33 and west of S 433rd West Avenue, where large tree limbs were snapped. It moved northeast destroying an open air barn, uprooting a tree, and damaging a home. The tornado then blew the roof from a mobile home, and blew the roof off a barn east of S 433rd West Avenue. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 80 to 85 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a carport, damaged a mobile home, damaged an outbuilding, and blew down trees. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Oilton measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 67 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Oilton measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Oilton measured wind gusts above 58 mph for at least ten minutes, with the highest measured gust reaching 83 mph at 1150 pm CDT. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Oilton measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olive | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Olive | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lawrence Creek | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Oilton | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Frey | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Drumright | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Markham | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pemeta | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Player | 8.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q7087114 | 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 1096256. 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.





