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Evergreen Terrace, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Carbondale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62901. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle.

Evergreen Terrace within Jackson 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

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen Terrace between 1997 and 2012, burning about 9 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/undetermined3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 August 1997Smokingunder an acreCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeCOSPILLWAY
12 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeSPILLWAY
8 March 2009Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresCrab Orchard National Wildlife RefugeFALCON
19 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesRIGHTAWAY
13 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesROBEST
31 October 1999Smoking5.0 acresShawnee National ForestJASON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen Terrace: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone. 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
Carbondale City PitStonePast Producer
Springvale Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Southern Hills1.4 miles22
Carbondale2.2 miles22
Boskydell2.3 miles22
Etherton4.6 miles23
Stone Fort5.6 miles21
Eltham (historical)5.6 miles23
Makanda5.8 miles21
Mount Carbon5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815605. 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.