Olive Furnace, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45682. It stands on Kimble Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Webster quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Oak Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS South Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS South Webster quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
177 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Olive Furnace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,069 acres in total. None started naturally. 60 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PORK CHOP FIRE |
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BUCKHORN #1 |
| 30 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5425 |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | TRASH FIRE |
| 24 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | DRY RIDGE FIRE |
| 23 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | INDEPENDENCE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 109 shownMuseums hold 109 specimens collected within 10 miles of Olive Furnace between 1896 and 1975: 103 Animalia, 3 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. N. Wander, C. R. Neiswander, C. Stein and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Planesticus Bonaparte, 1854 | 1898 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Cyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1899 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Waterloo |
![]() | Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 | 1899 | not recorded | South Webster, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Illosporium malifoliorum J.Sheld. | 1909 | Starcher Bros. | Gallia |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1916 | Houser J. S. | Gallia |
All 109 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Olive Furnace: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaney Clay Mine | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Chaney No 1 Clay Mine | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Bear Run Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pear Run Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Buckhorn Furnace | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Moulton (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Vernon | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Firebrick | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Blackfork | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Center Station | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dean (historical) | 6.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076573. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.





















