BlockFulton Center, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Putman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61427. The Survey maps it on the Canton 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 17 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.
- 1912 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Canton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Canton quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,196 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Putman Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Putman Township - 5,196 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fulton Center (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-032 |
| 4 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-011 |
| 23 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-020 |
| 19 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civer (historical) | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bryant | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cuba | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Saint David | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Fiatt | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dunfermline | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Westview Acres | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Canton | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802142. 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.