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Cadiz, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Rock precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62931. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saline Mines quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Cadiz within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 printed sheets

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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Cadiz between 1994 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 were 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresShawnee National ForestCORNFIELD
28 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestAGROPELTER
9 April 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National Forestnot named
16 April 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresShawnee National ForestROCK CREEK
31 March 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestAPRIL FOOLS
22 March 2017Debris and open burning17 acresShawnee National ForestVINYARD
22 March 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestROCK CREEK
16 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestARROWHEAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Cadiz: 44 past producers, 11 occurrences, 9 prospects, 6 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Annabell LeeFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Cadmium, SilverProducer
Cave In Rock Quadrangle MineZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Quartz, IronProducer1919
Crystal MineZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, SilverPast Producer1929
Deardorff Mine No. 1Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
East Green MineFluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Lee MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
M.F. Oxford No. 7Zinc, Silver, Lead, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerUnderground
Minerva No. 1 MineFluorine-Fluorite, Germanium, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Cadmium, Barium-BariteProducer
Victory MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
West Green MineFluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadiz in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011FloodCadiz$30,000no account filed
April 2011FloodCadiz-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rock Creek2.9 miles23
Sparks Hill3.2 miles22
Gross4.7 miles22
Saline Landing5.1 miles23
Karbers Ridge5.7 miles22
Lamb6.3 miles24
Peters Creek6.4 miles23
Loves Corner6.5 miles23

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 CadizAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5016508The 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 424698. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.