BlockEllery, Illinois
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 62833. The Survey maps it on the Golden Gate quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Golden Gate quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ellery between 2016 and 2018, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 294 |
| 6 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 154 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsville | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Golden Gate | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Klines Corner | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| New Massillon (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Merriam | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Toms Prairie | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Fairfield | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hubbard | 11.3 miles | 8 |
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 Ellery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5365211 | 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 407887. 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.