Olga, South Carolina

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29661. It lies near Alexander Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Olga within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed 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.

1905 USGS Pisgah quadrangle1:125000
1906 USGS Pisgah quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hendersonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Olga (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 506 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning	65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	64
Arson/incendiarism	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	4
Natural	3
Other causes	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Olga (historical): 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Hendrix Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
	Hendrix Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Liberia	4.0 miles	21
Wattacoo (historical)	4.4 miles	15
Dacusville	4.7 miles	16
Pumpkintown	5.0 miles	21
Hendricks	5.4 miles	16
Ole Salem Estates	6.3 miles	16
Knob (historical)	6.5 miles	21
Beverly Hills	7.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1243472. 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.