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Fort Gage, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ellis Grove precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62241. It lies near Beaver Island. The Survey maps it on the Kaskaskia quadrangle.

Fort Gage within Randolph County

On record in Fort Gage

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fort Gage between 2013 and 2017, burning about 6 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources840917
16 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources017-2013
27 March 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources29-2014
22 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources27-2014
12 February 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources170217

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fort Gage: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chester QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Menard State Penitentiary QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Old Kaskaskia1.2 miles24
Reily Lake1.6 miles24
Kaskaskia2.7 miles24
Ellis Grove3.3 miles12
Diamond Cross3.8 miles23
Dozaville4.6 miles24
Collins4.8 miles12
Menard4.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422708. 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.