BlockBucks, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wapella Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61745. The Survey maps it on the Heyworth quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Le Roy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Heyworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Heyworth quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,838 words on this township... History of De Witt County, Illinois. With Illustrations Descriptive of the Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of the Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wapella Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wapella Township - 3,838 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bucks between 2014 and 2015, burning about 87 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 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015048 |
| 3 April 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015046 |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015051 |
| 11 April 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014040 |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014034 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015043 |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014029 |
| 19 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015036 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bucks: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmicheal Pit #90 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heyworth Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heyworth Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carle Springs | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wapella | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clinton | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Solomon | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Birkbeck | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Waynesville | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jenkins | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hallsville | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Bucks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983460 | 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 422512. 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.