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Eagle, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62934. It stands on Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rudement quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.

Eagle within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Eagle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,047 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.2 acresShawnee National ForestGAPE HOLLOW
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestEAGLE
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestMUSHROOM ROCK
21 September 2010Debris and open burning3.3 acresShawnee National ForestBARRETT
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony10 acresShawnee National ForestCAMPFIRE II
13 September 1998Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestHIGH KNOB TRAIL
26 August 1999Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestSNOW CONE STAND
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Eagle: 9 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
High Knob Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 1Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 1Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 2Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Occurrence Number 2Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Porspect Number 1Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barite Porspect Number 1Barium-BariteOccurrence
Big Four MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Big Four MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Eagle$2,000An EF-2 tornado (peak of EF-1 in Saline County) began in far southeast Saline County and then tracked eastward, quickly crossing into southern Gallatin County at Forest Road. Tree damage, including an uprooted tree, was observed in Saline County. Estimated peak winds with the Saline County portion of the tornado were 94mph. This was the third tornado to be produced by the supercell that had developed the Williamson County EF-4 tornado earlier in the evening.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Derby1.6 miles22
Horseshoe3.4 miles22
Somerset3.4 miles22
Whitesville (historical)4.3 miles22
Rudement5.3 miles22
Saline Valley Store (historical)5.8 miles22
Cottage Grove6.8 miles22
Mitchellsville7.7 miles20

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 EagleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5324983The 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 422648. 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.