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Fairview, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Rosiclare precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62982. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosiclare quadrangle.

Fairview 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

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1999 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE SPRINGS RD.
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestBARREL
14 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestMOWER
6 March 2000Debris and open burning15 acresShawnee National ForestGROSS
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1633
20 March 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 November 2017Debris and open burning7.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryVICK ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 92 past producers, 13 occurrences, 11 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Alcoa Shaft Fluorspar MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Campbell-CrotserFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadProspect1972
Chittenden - Black - WrightFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteProspect1919
Fairview-Blue Diggings FaultZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1842, 1941
Hardin City PitStonePast Producer
HillsideLead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1917, 1926
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite DistrictLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, CadmiumPast ProducerFluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena
Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar MinesLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Knight MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Knight Shop & Hms PlantFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

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
Mineral City (historical)0.5 miles24
Rosiclare0.8 miles24
Shetlerville2.9 miles24
Elizabethtown3.4 miles24
Humm Wye4.0 miles24
Eichorn5.8 miles24
Peters Creek7.9 miles23
Gross8.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1808763. 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.