BlockHillside Manor, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Quincy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62301. It stands on Emery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quincy East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1925 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Quincy East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Quincy East quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Quincy township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Unwersity Of Illinois
It wa.s a tragic loss to the family aud a source of sorrow to the entire community when Charles W. Seymour, the only son of Henry M. Seymour, was accidentallj' killed, at the age of sixteen, while playing ball on the High School grounds at Payson. His young life gave promise of a career of great usefulness, and his father, recognizing that fact and endeavoring to give some memorial to his son, so prematurely taken away, has erected and donated to the village of Payson the present High School building, known as the Charles \V.
Fires near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hillside Manor between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177555-06438-06082018-1519 |
| 13 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251165-06438-10132020-1125 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Hillside Manor: 8 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry-3 Calcium Carbonate Co. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Adams Quarry Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Black White Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calcium Carbonate Mills | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campbell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marblehead Lime Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marblehead Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Menke Quary | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Meyers Plant No. 8 & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cherry Lane Estates | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Grandview Acres | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sunnybrook Meadows | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lincoln Hills | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Meadowbrook | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| South Park Terrace | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Glendale | 1.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1785292. 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.