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Eagle Park, Illinois

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Nameoki Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62060. The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.

Eagle Park within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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.

In the county-history sources

1,137 words on this township

History of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Nameoki Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Nameoki Township - 1,137 words.

Fires near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Park between 2009 and 2014, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2

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
24 March 2014Smoking1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCBHALWACHS
21 March 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBHALWACHS
19 March 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHALWACHS
13 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGREEN
5 December 2009Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI64 M9.5
17 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources79TH
9 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFOREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Park: 18 past producers, 2 plants, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
(Facility) Cerro Copper Sauget SmelterCopperPlant
(Facility) Sauget Zinc RefineryZinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
Dredge & Mill #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hypothetical Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, CadmiumProspectUnderground
Madison PlantThoriumProducer
Pfizer Inc. Mineral PigmentsIronProducer
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bowdirns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carlins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cavanaugh QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Park in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024HailEagle Park-Widespread very large hail fell across Madison County from southwest to northeast. The largest stones were between 2 inches and 3.75 inches. The largest stones were reported in Edwardsville, Hamel, Worden and Livingston. Large hail was also reported in Granite City, Collinsville, Pontoon Beach, Poag, Mitchell, Roxana, Glen Carbon, Maryville, Troy, Marine, and Kuhn. Dozens of cars were damaged in the Livingston area on I-55 from the large hail.
August 2019Flash FloodEagle Park-Up to 9 inches of rain fell over a 6 hour period, causing flash flooding, especially in the Granite City area where the heaviest rain fell. Numerous cars were abandoned due to street flooding over a large portion of Granite City. The flooding caused damage to more than 1,000 homes in the city, as well as numerous businesses. Granite City High School sustained damage due to the flash flooding and the beginning of the school year had to be delayed for a couple of weeks while cleanup and repairs were made to the school. In Godfrey, 6 to 8 inches of water was covering the road at the intersection of Enos and Pierce Lanes. In Alhambra, two feet of water was covering IL Route 140 near Alhambra Fireman and Legion Park. In Alton, one foot of water was over the road at the intersection of W. Elm Street and Virden Street.
November 2017HailEagle Park-A wide swath of large hail fell across Madison County from Venice to St. Jacob. The largest hailstones were reported in the Collinsville area, three inches in diameter. Two and a half inch diameter hail was reported one mile south of Troy. Hail one inch or larger was reported in Venice, Collinsville, Troy and St. Jacob areas.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Madison Station0.8 miles28
Madison1.5 miles28
Venice1.6 miles28
North Venice1.7 miles28
Newport2.1 miles28
Granite City2.6 miles28
Moellenbrocks4.7 miles21
Nameoki4.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736027. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.