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Ivy, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Precinct 13. It lies in ZIP code area 62244. It stands on Maeystown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Renault quadrangle.

Ivy within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

44 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Ivy between 2002 and 2020, burning about 630 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-00019
12 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000024
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUP
6 May 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0004
14 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION PACIFIC RR
3 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ivy: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carrans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia Quarry No. 5Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weaver's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weiler Marble Quarry Number OneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivy in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017HailIvy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Fults1.4 miles18
Kidd4.0 miles19
Saint Philip (historical)4.3 miles19
Chalfin Bridge4.6 miles19
Maeystown5.1 miles18
Renault5.3 miles18
Mitchie6.6 miles19
Saint Joe7.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422843. 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.

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.