BlockEugene, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Elba Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61489. The Survey maps it on the Williamsfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Maquon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Maquon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Williamsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,082 words on this townshipHistory of Knox County, Illinois, published 1878; Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Elba Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Elba Township - 3,082 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Eugene between 2004 and 2019, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019153 |
| 23 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 323133 |
| 23 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 323132 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018186 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eugene: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsfield | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Elba Center | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Truro | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton Corners | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dahinda | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Yates City | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Douglas | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Appleton | 8.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815949. 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.