BlockCheshire Hills, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Quincy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62305. The Survey maps it on the Quincy East quadrangle.
On record in Cheshire Hills
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.
Quincy National Cemeterylisted 2011 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1925 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Quincy East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Quincy East quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Quincy township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Unwersity Of Illinois
It wa.s a tragic loss to the family aud a source of sorrow to the entire community when Charles W. Seymour, the only son of Henry M. Seymour, was accidentallj' killed, at the age of sixteen, while playing ball on the High School grounds at Payson. His young life gave promise of a career of great usefulness, and his father, recognizing that fact and endeavoring to give some memorial to his son, so prematurely taken away, has erected and donated to the village of Payson the present High School building, known as the Charles \V.
Fires near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cheshire Hills between 1995 and 2018, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177555-06438-06082018-1519 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cheshire Hills: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black White Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Menke Quary | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Meyers Plant No. 8 & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry-2 Calcium Carbonate Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quincy City Public Wks & Bridge Dpt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quincy Mineral Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quincy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Hills | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Glendale | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Meadowbrook | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Woodlawn Court | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lincoln Hills | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Northbrook | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Grove | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hillside Manor | 2.3 miles | 19 |
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 Q122571788 | 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 1785267. 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.