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Coaler, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Belmont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60970. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.

Coaler within Iroquois County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Coaler in 2011, burning about 4 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/undetermined2

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
29 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1029112
23 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources102311

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iroquois County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Coaler: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Iroquis Cty Hwy DeptStonePast Producer
Watseka City Eng PitStonePast Producer
Gray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hocutt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thompson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iroquois 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
Watseka2.0 miles11
Woodland2.3 miles12
Woodland Junction3.5 miles12
Eastburn5.5 miles11
Schwer6.7 miles12
Crescent City6.9 miles12
Webster7.1 miles13
Darrow7.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422566. 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.