Gears Ferry, Illinois

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.

• 1911 USGS Galena quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1913 USGS Galena quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1968 USGS Galena quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings

The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gears Ferry between 2007 and 2012, burning about 3 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Galena Junction
• Portage
• Aiken
• Bremen
• Galena

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Gears Ferry: 71 past producers, 10 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 7 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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.

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 408935. 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.