BlockJoy Prairie, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Arcadia precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62650. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Arenzville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Arenzville quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Concord quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Joy Prairie between 2008 and 2016, burning about 56 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KIRCHER |
| 25 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11235 |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ARMSTRONG |
| 9 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KUNZEMAN |
| 5 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1065 |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1082 |
| 29 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STRUBBE |
| 28 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11104 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Arcadia | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Savage (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Portuguese Hill | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jacksonville | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chapin | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Brownton (historical) | 5.9 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551156 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422853. 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.