BlockCottage Grove, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Cottage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62946. The Survey maps it on the Rudement quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1916 USGS Equality quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Equality quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rudement quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Rudement quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Grove between 1998 and 2020, burning about 119 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | EAGLE |
| 29 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201913 |
| 19 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SULPHUR SPRINGS |
| 5 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201936 |
| 3 October 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Shawnee National Forest | MINE |
| 21 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 202050 |
| 21 October 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | EAGLE MOUNTAIN |
| 17 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Shawnee National Forest | LOWER WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cottage Grove: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bud (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Horseshoe | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Eldorado | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Beulah Heights | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wasson | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Saline City | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Whitesville (historical) | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Muddy | 5.7 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 Cottage Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5175511 | 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 422582. 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.