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Eichorn, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Stone Church precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. The Survey maps it on the Shetlerville quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.

Eichorn within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Eichorn between 1994 and 2019, burning about 435 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestMOWER
22 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestGAP LAKE
14 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestONE HORES GAP
8 April 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresShawnee National ForestTOM ROSE
6 April 1995Arson/incendiarism25 acresShawnee National ForestROGERTOWN
3 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestHAYBALE
28 April 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresShawnee National ForestRICHLAND
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestONE HORSE GAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 177 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 177 workings within 5 miles of Eichorn: 105 past producers, 34 occurrences, 30 prospects, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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
Gaskins MineLead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1865
Hamilton Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1965
Henson MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerUnderground
Hicks Dome DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, ThoriumProspectFluorite
Hicks Dome Rare - Earth, Thorium ProspectsFluorine-Fluorite, REE, ThoriumOccurrence1952
Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar MinesLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Knight Shop & Hms PlantFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Parkinson MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Southern Illinois DistrictSilver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast ProducerREPLACEMENT
Zinc Barite Occurrence No. 1Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Hardin 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
Humm Wye2.1 miles24
Hicks3.9 miles22
Shetlerville4.2 miles24
Rosiclare5.6 miles24
Fairview5.8 miles24
Elizabethtown6.2 miles24
Mineral City (historical)6.3 miles24
Gross6.7 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 EichornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5348734The 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 424867. 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.