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Camden, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Quarry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62037. It lies in Camden Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Grafton quadrangle.

Camden within Jersey County

On record in Camden

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Camden between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1,570 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
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
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11406001
3 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTwo Rivers National Wildlife Refuge96-01
21 March 2014Debris and open burning39 acresTwo Rivers National Wildlife RefugeCALHOUN WETLANDS
19 March 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10319003
28 November 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesALAN TOPPMEYER 201714
17 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,475 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPERE MARQUETTE
20 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1020002
12 October 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources102001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jersey County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Camden: 3 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia Quarry CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grafton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jersey 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
Grafton1.7 miles23
Chautauqua4.2 miles23
Elsah5.6 miles22
Otterville6.3 miles12
Rosedale6.6 miles14
Dow7.0 miles12
Newbern7.1 miles12
Beltrees7.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815724. 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.