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Aladdin, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Levee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62343. It lies near Pearl Island. The Survey maps it on the Hannibal East quadrangle.

Aladdin within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

123 words on this township

With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Levee Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Levee Township - 123 words.

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Aladdin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177318-06417-05052018-1413
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190314-06417-03082020-2030
7 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190478-06417-03072020-1155
28 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources102217
19 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMILE 8
19 March 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177317-06417-03152018-1744
1 February 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Aladdin: 13 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hannibal Plant - Shale PitClayProducer
Bleigh Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gen Stewart S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Poage PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Al Plant - Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burlington MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Odell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Shepherd1.3 miles17
East Hannibal1.7 miles17
Munger2.8 miles19
Spencer3.1 miles17
Seehorn4.2 miles19
Hull6.2 miles14
Shinn8.7 miles14
Kinderhook9.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422394. 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.