BlockFoster Pond, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Precinct 22. It lies in ZIP code area 62298. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo 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
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1910 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Foster Pond (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 401 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GARHEB |
| 3 August 2016 | Smoking | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-000018 |
| 8 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNION PACIFIC |
| 6 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | VAL 1 |
| 26 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WITTNAVER |
| 26 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WITTNAUER |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KOCH |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 42918 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Foster Pond (historical): 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry No. 3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monroe County Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Valmeyer No 3 Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Waterloo Pit | Stone | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Valmeyer | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Madonnaville | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Monroe City | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Waterloo | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Woodville (historical) | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Fountain | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Lemens | 5.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423588. 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.