Hollywood Heights, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Caseyville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62232. The Survey maps it on the Collinsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1907 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Collinsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Collinsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Collinsville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
7,864 words on this townshipHistory of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881; Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History, published 1928 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Caseyville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Caseyville Township - 7,864 words.
Fires near this place
43 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood Heights between 2008 and 2014, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SPICER |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 89TH |
| 10 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10 BARCLAY |
| 29 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WETZEL |
| 26 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LEVEL |
| 28 June 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MCDONALDS |
| 14 June 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I64 M10 |
| 13 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 81ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hollywood Heights: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Silica, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collinsville Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quality Stone Quarry and Mill No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southwestern Illinois Area Underc | Silica, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Southwestern Illinois Area Underclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Hill Brick Co. Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.Clay Pit 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Little Canteen Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Caseyville | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sterling Place | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Furman | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bunkum | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Exermont | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Fairview Heights | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 3.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426373. 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.






