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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1916 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saline Mines quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Saline Mines quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Shawnee National Forest | CORNFIELD |
| 28 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | AGROPELTER |
| 9 April 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 16 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
| 31 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | APRIL FOOLS |
| 22 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Shawnee National Forest | VINYARD |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | ARROWHEAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 71 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annabell Lee | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Cadmium, Silver | Producer | ||
| Cave In Rock Quadrangle Mine | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Quartz, Iron | Producer | 1919 | |
| Crystal Mine | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1929 | |
| Deardorff Mine No. 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| East Green Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Lee Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| M.F. Oxford No. 7 | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Minerva No. 1 Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Germanium, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Cadmium, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Victory Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| West Green Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Cadiz | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Cadiz | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Sparks Hill | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Gross | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Saline Landing | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Karbers Ridge | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Lamb | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Peters Creek | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Loves Corner | 6.5 miles | 23 |
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 Cadiz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5016508 | 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 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.











