BlockGrisold, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62439. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville 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
7 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.
- 1915 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Lawrence township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Captain G. M. Keniepp
CHRISTIAN KENIEPP, the founder of the family, living in Wabash and Lawrence counties, Illinois, was a Hessian soldier captured at Trenton. He joined the colonial army, and after the war married and located in Geauga county, Ohio. He had four sons and several daughters, the eldest being the first white female child born in that section in Ohio.
In the county-history sources
32,475 words on this townshipCombined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lawrence Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lawrence Township - 32,475 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Grisold (historical) between 2008 and 2010, burning about 7 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MICHAEL |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SEWARD |
| 24 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GOSNELL |
| 24 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BUCHANAN |
| 3 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STATE |
| 29 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GARDNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grisold (historical): 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embarras River C Ay Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Lawrenceville Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Gregory Gravel Co. - Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lawerence County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrenceville Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceville | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Jackson | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgeport | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Billett | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Grays Corner | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pinkstaff | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Petrolia | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Applegate | 7.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1816183. 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.