BlockBarr, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fancy Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62613. The Survey maps it on the Athens quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Athens quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,434 words on this townshipHistory of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fancy Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fancy Creek Township - 3,434 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Barr between 2010 and 2014, burning about 92 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000307 |
| 8 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10209 |
| 29 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000179 |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000129 |
| 17 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000125 |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1098 |
| 27 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11100 |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000083 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Barr: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantrall | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| North Wind | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Green Acres | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Van Wood | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ellis | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Andrew | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Knollwood | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sherman | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Barr | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4863096 | 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 422437. 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.