BlockBefore

Arnold, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61074. It stands on Apple River. The Survey maps it on the Blackhawk quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Arnold within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

362 words on this township

The History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 362 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Arnold between 2006 and 2009, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
7 April 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeBROWN'S LAKE
2 April 2009Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources26
1 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources24

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Arnold: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead. 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
Henry MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Marshall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shelly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Trenkamp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Blackhawk1.2 miles23
Marcus1.8 miles23
Savanna6.4 miles24
Ayers9.9 miles21
Polsgrove10.7 miles21
Hickory Grove11.3 miles21
Center Hill11.4 miles21
Wacker12.3 miles21

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 ArnoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4794907The 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 422416. 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.