BlockCarthage Lake, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Carman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61425. It lies near Harper Island. The Survey maps it on the Burlington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1934 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Carthage Lake in 2014, burning about 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Carthage Lake: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Quarries | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sullivan Slough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kemper Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Miller-Ervin Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carthage Lake in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 3 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Flood | Carthage Lake | - | The Mississippi River at Burlington Iowa (BRLI4) rose above its major flood stage of 18 feet at 9 PM CST on April 11th and fell back below major flood stage at 1 AM on April 16th. The river crested 18.21 feet at 6 AM on April 13th. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Carthage Lake | - | The Mississippi River at the BRLI4 gage rose above major flood stage of 18.0 feet on the 8th, and crested at 18.36 feet at 1 PM CST on the 15th. It fell back below 18.0 feet on the 19th. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Carthage Lake | - | Heavy rains farther to the north during the last two weeks of June led to rises on the Mississippi River to above major flood stage at both Gladstone and Burlington. The Mississippi River at Burlington rose above the major flood stage during the afternoon of the 28th and and remained there through the end of the moth. The Mississippi River at Gladstone rose above its major flood stage of 14 feet around midnight on the 29th and remained there through the end of the month. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Carthage Lake | - | Penny to nickel sized hail |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Silver Lake (historical) | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Heapsville | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Shokokon | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Carman | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Yellow Banks | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lone Tree | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hopper | 4.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422531. 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.