BlockCentury East, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Manhattan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60442. The Survey maps it on the Manhattan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1929 USGS Brisbane quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Peotone quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Century East between 2006 and 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-500 |
| 17 March 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | HOFF ROAD |
| 23 December 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | HOFF ROAD |
| 8 October 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | BALE FIRE |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | TRACTOR FIRE |
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 Century East: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wilton | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wallingford | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Brisbane | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wilton Center | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Spencer | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Union | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Steele | 5.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122548973 | 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 2355773. 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.