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Keyesport Landing, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tamalco Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62253. It stands on Keysport Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Mound quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.

Keyesport Landing within Bond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Keyesport Landing between 2010 and 2014, burning about 43 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
8 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDITCH
15 March 2014Debris and open burning30 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000017
9 November 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHUELS
3 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesRUBEL
8 October 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLANGHAM
17 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDEERTRAIL
14 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesAPPLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bond County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Keyesport Landing: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Keyesport Pit No.1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laws Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laws PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Munie Sand & Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Bond 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
Tamalco1.4 miles12
Hookdale5.2 miles12
Beaver Creek6.4 miles12
Pleasant Mound7.4 miles12
Hamburg7.6 miles12
Dudleyville9.0 miles12
Smithboro10.3 miles13
Mulberry Grove11.6 miles13

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 Q6398276The 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 422873. 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.