BlockBlackhawk, 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 597 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1892 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1952 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
In the county-history sources
362 words on this townshipThe 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
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Blackhawk between 2006 and 2009, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | WHITTON GATE |
| 7 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | BROWN'S LAKE |
| 2 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 26 |
| 1 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 24 |
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 Blackhawk: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Klock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shelly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Marcus | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Savanna | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Polsgrove | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Ayers | 10.9 miles | 21 | |
| Center Hill | 12.0 miles | 21 | |
| Hickory Grove | 12.1 miles | 21 | |
| Wacker | 13.0 miles | 21 |
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 Blackhawk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4922942 | 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 422470. 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.