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Hamburg Landing, Illinois

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Union precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62952. The Survey maps it on the Ware quadrangle.

Hamburg Landing within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 25 printed sheets

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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg Landing between 1994 and 2017, burning about 54 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresShawnee National ForestFESCUE FIRE
7 April 2017Natural1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresShawnee National ForestSTRAIGHT UP
10 April 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresShawnee National ForestHARRISON
1 April 2001Fireworks4.0 acresShawnee National ForestLOOK OUT
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestWARE FIRE
25 February 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National Forestnot named
18 February 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.7 acresShawnee National ForestWARE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hamburg Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dug Hill Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Reynoldsville2.9 miles25
Ware3.0 miles25
Pottsville3.1 miles24
Valley Mission5.1 miles24
Wolf Lake6.9 miles23
Dutch Mills7.4 miles24
Berryville7.5 miles24
Springville8.0 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122598022The 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 422778. 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.