BlockGrantsburg, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Grantsburg No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62943. It lies near Island Hill. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1917 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Grantsburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 154 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | MILLSTONE |
| 21 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | RENSHAW |
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.2 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SUGAR CREEK |
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FENDON |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | FIRECRACKER |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | 23 |
| 22 April 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | RAILROAD |
| 12 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | FRANKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grantsburg: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1 | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wartrace | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Flatwoods | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ganntown | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Reevesville | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Crossroads | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Simpson | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Roads (historical) | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Pond | 5.9 miles | 20 |
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 Grantsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5596685 | The 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 409314. 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.