BlockHill Top, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Petersburg South No. 15 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62675. The Survey maps it on the Tallula quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hill Top between 2013 and 2017, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-000005 |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-000001 |
| 19 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-000182 |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-000132 |
| 26 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000060 |
| 23 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015-000087 |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000051 |
| 14 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000043 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hill Top: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Menard County Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Petersburg City Pit | Stone | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Petersburg | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| New Salem (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Petersburg | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Old Salem Chautauqua | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hilltop | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lewisburg | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tallula | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tice | 4.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q14687546 | 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 422700. 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.