BlockHolden, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sunfield precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62832. The Survey maps it on the Du Quoin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1926 USGS Duquoin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Du Quoin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Holden between 2004 and 2012, burning about 584 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WYNN |
| 15 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holden in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holden | $20,000 | A wind gust to 66 mph was measured on U.S. Highway 51 north of DuQuoin. At Sunfield, numerous trees and power lines were blown down near City Lake. A few trees and power lines were blown down on the north side of DuQuoin. There were 1,800 families without power in Perry County at the peak of the power outages. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunfield | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Johns | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Du Quoin | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Denny | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tamaroa | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Old Du Quoin | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pyatts | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pinckneyville | 7.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1725610. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.