BlockFarmsville, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61729. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Danvers quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1927 USGS Danvers quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Danvers quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Danvers quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Farmsville (historical) between 2009 and 2014, burning about 44 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 | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I742 |
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNKNOWN2 |
| 20 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MARTINS |
| 9 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEERCRK1 |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-63 |
| 13 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MONTGOMERY |
| 15 December 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I74 M110 |
| 6 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I74 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Farmsville (historical): 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Builta-Wenninger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ira Rokey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quast Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rokey Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rokey Acres Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schroeder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Timberline Pit Protable #2331 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinaw Dells | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Congerville | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Goodfield | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bowling Green (historical) | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cruger | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Secor | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Roanoke | 12.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1824273. 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.