Bailey Falls, Illinois

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.

• 1893 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1893 USGS Lasalle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1911 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500
• 1913 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
• 1947 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1993 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Bailey Falls (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 2 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Lowell
• Vermilionville
• Deer Park
• Jonesville
• Little Rock (historical)
• Oglesby

Every fire recorded in LaSalle County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bailey Falls (historical): 8 producers, 8 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1748277. 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.