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Finneyville, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Rock precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62919. It lies near Brokaw Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dekoven quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Finneyville within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Finneyville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestPINE
3 May 2015Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEKOVEN ROAD
3 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestTUCKER HILL
17 April 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestPENNELL
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2015Other causesunder an acreShawnee National ForestLAMB
1 March 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 February 1995Debris and open burning42 acresShawnee National ForestMINERVA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Finneyville: 24 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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
Caseyville-Dekoven Road OutcropSilicaProspect
East Green MineFluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Heavy Media MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer1939
M.F. Oxford No. 7Zinc, Silver, Lead, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerUnderground
Minerva No. 1 MineFluorine-Fluorite, Germanium, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Cadmium, Barium-BariteProducer
Union Sand Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West Green MineFluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Eureka Lead MineLead, Zinc, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Annie No.4Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Eureka Lead MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProspect

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
Lamb1.4 miles24
Saline Landing2.2 miles23
Loves Corner4.8 miles23
Cave-in-Rock6.1 miles23
Rock Creek6.5 miles23
Cadiz6.9 miles23
Peters Creek8.2 miles23
Gross9.9 miles22

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 FinneyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5450721The 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 422698. 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.