BlockDiamond Cross, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Palestine precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62233. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1915 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Chester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Cross between 2013 and 2017, burning about 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 71-2013 |
| 1 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 840917 |
| 25 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 46-0514 |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 33-0414 |
| 16 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 017-2013 |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 34-0414 |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 310317 |
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 29-2014 |
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 Diamond Cross: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Palestine | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Fort Gage | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Ellis Grove | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Reily Lake | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Campton | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Randolph | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Chester | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Bremen | 5.0 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 Q122589226 | 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 1820678. 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.