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Hodges Park, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Sandusky precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62988. It stands on Road Run. The Survey maps it on the Tamms quadrangle.

Hodges Park within Alexander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hodges Park between 2007 and 2020, burning about 57 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
9 April 2007Debris and open burning3.2 acresShawnee National ForestSANDY CREEK FIRE
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresShawnee National ForestTAMMS OLIVE
8 March 2010Debris and open burning15 acresShawnee National ForestOLIVE
20 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHILL
20 February 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeRUN CREEK
15 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesTAMMS
9 January 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMORGAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alexander County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hodges Park: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 4SilicaOccurrence
Unimin Plant & MillSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Alexander 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
Unity0.5 miles22
Sandusky3.1 miles22
Clank3.5 miles22
Cache4.0 miles21
Dawleys4.0 miles22
Olive Branch4.3 miles22
Roth4.4 miles21
Tamms5.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736141. 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.