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Crest Hill, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Stookey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62223. The Survey maps it on the French Village quadrangle.

Crest Hill within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Crest Hill between 2008 and 2012, burning about 10 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSPICER
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources89TH
6 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGARDENS
20 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWINSLOW
13 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBELVDER
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWINSLOW
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCASEYVILLE
23 March 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPREGLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair 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 Crest Hill: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Hill Brick Co. Shale PitClayPast Producer
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.Clay Pit 2ClayPast Producer
Belleville City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Casper Stolle Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
East St. Louis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Ogles1.3 miles21
Westview1.3 miles21
Centerville Station2.1 miles21
Gartside2.2 miles21
Notre Dame2.4 miles21
Briar Hill2.4 miles21
Lake Siding2.5 miles21
Avery Hill2.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426252. 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.