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Lawler, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Equality Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62954. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle. It stands 367 feet above sea level.

Lawler within Gallatin County

On record in Lawler

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lawler between 2010 and 2020, burning about 198 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 use1
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
29 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201913
5 October 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201936
21 October 2020Equipment and vehicle use178 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources202048
21 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources202050
18 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresShawnee National ForestSALTWELL
17 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresShawnee National ForestLOWER WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lawler: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Wentzel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Junction2.6 miles23
Equality3.1 miles22
New Market (historical)5.1 miles19
Ridgway5.1 miles18
Kedron5.2 miles22
Shawneetown5.4 miles23
Bowlesville (historical)5.4 miles23
Gibsonia5.7 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on LawlerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23018012The 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 422900. 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.