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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

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.

Olive Furnace within Lawrence County

Then and now

1912 to 2002

The 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 sheet of Olive Furnace, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Olive Furnace, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

177 since 1992

The 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/incendiarism60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Debris and open burning47
Equipment and vehicle use9
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestPORK CHOP FIRE
18 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBUCKHORN #1
30 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5425
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestTRASH FIRE
24 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestDRY RIDGE FIRE
23 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestINDEPENDENCE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 109 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Planesticus Bonaparte, not of this specimenPlanesticus Bonaparte, 18541898not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sayornis phoebe, not of this specimenSayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sphyrapicus varius, not of this specimenSphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766)1898not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Cyanocitta cristata, not of this specimenCyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendroica castanea, not of this specimenDendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Gomphus lividus, not of this specimenGomphus lividus Selys, 18541899[Not Stated]Waterloo
A photograph of the species Sitta canadensis, not of this specimenSitta canadensis Linnaeus, 17661899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Illosporium malifoliorum, not of this specimenIllosporium malifoliorum J.Sheld.1909Starcher Bros.Gallia
A photograph of the species Coleosporium carneum, not of this specimenColeosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1916Houser J. S.Gallia

All 109 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chaney Clay MineClay, CoalProducer
Chaney No 1 Clay MineClay, CoalProducer
Bear Run Strip MineClayPast Producer
Pear Run Strip MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Buckhorn1.1 miles13
Buckhorn Furnace2.1 miles13
Moulton (historical)3.0 miles13
Vernon3.5 miles13
Firebrick5.4 miles10
Blackfork5.5 miles11
Center Station6.0 miles13
Dean (historical)6.5 miles13

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.