BlockCiver, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Putman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61427. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1912 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Canton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Canton quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,196 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Putman Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Civer is a small station on the line of the T., P. & W. Ry. It is located on the northeast (piarter of sec. 12, and about 7 miles from Cuba. There is a dej)ot building, postoffice, store, shop, etc., here, but its close proximity to Canton will prevent it from becoming any great commercial center, or ever of local importance, although situated in the midst of a fine farming district.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
C. F. Bump, farmer, sec. 14; P. ()., Civer. Mr. B. was born in the Emjnre State in 1829. His parents, Herman and Ziphia (Fuller) Bump, were natives of the same State, where they died. Mr. B. came to this State in 1848, and since 1850 has resided in Fulton Co. He was united in marriage in New York State with Anna Maria Foote, a native of that State and born in 1832. Mr. B. has led a quiet, peaceable life, and in his business has been moderately successful. His residence is on sec. 14; postoffice, Civer,
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
George W. Doicns, farmer, sec. 13; P.O., Civer; came to this county in 1857 at the age of 8 years, and was educated in the common schools of this county. He was born in Knox county, O., Sept. 20, '49, and is the son of Theoj)hilus and Catharine (Mansfield) Downs. His father was a native of Maryland, and died here on the farm in 1870, and his mother was born in the Buckeye State. George was married in Lewistown on the 9th of Oct., 1873, to Sarah O. Bryant. Their only child is named Charles Franklin.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Putman Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Civer (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-032 |
| 4 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-011 |
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 Civer (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fulton City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Joshua Township Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Center (historical) | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Saint David | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Westview Acres | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bryant | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Canton | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fiatt | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dunfermline | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cuba | 4.9 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.
| Wikipedia article on Civer (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5124249 | 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 1719442. 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.