BlockLake Piasa, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Piasa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62012. The Survey maps it on the Brighton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1925 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Lake Piasa between 2007 and 2011, burning about 104 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 | 18 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90902 |
| 27 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90722 |
| 29 June 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90627 |
| 21 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90620 |
| 4 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90503 |
| 12 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90506 |
| 6 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 90311 |
| 1 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CRAQFTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lake Piasa: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lohr Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747829. 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.