BlockHarbor Light Bay, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Irishtown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62231. It lies near Browns Hill. The Survey maps it on the Keyesport quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1910 USGS Carlyle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Carlyle quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Keyesport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Light Bay between 2010 and 2014, burning about 43 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DITCH |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000017 |
| 9 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HUELS |
| 3 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | RUBEL |
| 8 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LANGHAM |
| 17 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEERTRAIL |
| 14 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | APPLE |
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 Harbor Light Bay: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyesport Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Keyesport S & G Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Laws Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laws Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Munie Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panorama Hills | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| North Harbor | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Keyesport | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Boulder | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Marydale | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Huey | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ferrin | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stolletown | 8.1 miles | 10 |
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 Harbor Light Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5654634 | 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 1810435. 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.