Olney, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Coal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74538. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olney quadrangle. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Atoka quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Atoka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Olney quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tishomingo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Olney between 1996 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Talihina Agency | CLARITA |
| 1 March 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WARDSCHURC |
| 8 February 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Talihina Agency | MCKENZIE |
| 25 November 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 January 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Talihina Agency | COON CREEK |
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 Olney: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olney in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olney | $85,000 | The Coal County Emergency Manager reported four large barns destroyed and several outbuildings destroyed, including a dog kennel and home. An unanchored mobile home was moved off its fame and its windows were broken. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olney | $10,000 | Coal county emergency management reported numerous large trees down between Clarita and Olney. Reported a tree down on a house and several car ports. Also several power poles down along state highway 31b. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olney | $3,000 | A 25-foot tall, one-foot diameter hickory tree was blown over. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olney | $2,000 | Winds caused some roof damage. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olney | $10 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Olney | - | Two independent storm chasers provided video of a tornado that was observed southwest of Lehigh from a storm that followed behind the storm that had produced the tornado near Bromide and Wapanucka. No damage is known to have occurred and the location of the tornado is estimated based on these videos and radar data. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Olney | - | County Line Road closed due to water flowing over the bridge. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Olney | - | A brief, narrow tornado was viewed by several people touching down near Lehigh in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Olney | - | Roebuck Road was closed due to high water. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Olney | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Olney | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Olney | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olney | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Olney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarita | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lehigh | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Phillips | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Coalgate | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Centrahoma | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tupelo | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cottonwood | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| East Jesse | 11.0 miles | 11 |
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 Olney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22074859 | 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 1096264. 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.





