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Diswood, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Sandusky precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62988. It stands on Jim Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tamms quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

Diswood within Alexander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Diswood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 689 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 were 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
9 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestBEAN RIDGE
9 April 2007Debris and open burning3.2 acresShawnee National ForestSANDY CREEK FIRE
9 April 2001Debris and open burning60 acresShawnee National ForestDOWN UNDER
6 April 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestASPEN II
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarism28 acresShawnee National ForestPIGEON
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestOPOSSUM TROT RD
18 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestFAIR
12 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresShawnee National ForestSTARRY NIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alexander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Diswood: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Burk Mine Tammsco Inc.StonePast Producer
Moad MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 4SilicaOccurrence
Unimin Plant & MillSilicaProducer
Jordan Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jordan R&S Quarry Markgraf MatlsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jordan Trucking Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Birk 2a PitDiatomitePast Producer
Birk No. 2a PitDiatomiteProducer

Every working recorded in Alexander 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
Dawleys1.9 miles22
Tamms2.8 miles22
Tatumville2.9 miles24
Clank3.0 miles22
Sandusky3.3 miles22
Olive Branch4.6 miles22
Elco5.6 miles24
Hodges Park5.8 miles22

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 DiswoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5283611The 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 424831. 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.