Bakerville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Aetna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62518. The Survey maps it on the Chestnut quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1957 USGS Kenney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chestnut quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bakerville between 2006 and 2009, burning about 86 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bakerville: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Allsopp Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fulk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keck Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kenney Pit 9 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Beason | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Narita | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Pulaski | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Skelton | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Latham | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Chestervale | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Fork | 10.3 miles | 10 |
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 Bakerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4849321 | The 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 1816603. 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.







