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Leisure City, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Golconda No. 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62947. It stands on Hobbs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shetlerville quadrangle.

Leisure City within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Leisure City between 1994 and 2017, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 were 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
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestMOWER
22 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestGAP LAKE
14 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestONE HORES GAP
8 April 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresShawnee National ForestTOM ROSE
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestONE HORSE GAP
22 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestDUTTON CHAPEL
20 April 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresShawnee National Forestnot named
16 April 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresShawnee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 170 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 170 workings within 5 miles of Leisure City: 102 past producers, 33 occurrences, 27 prospects, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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
Gaskins MineLead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1865
Hamilton Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1965
Henson MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerUnderground
Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar MinesLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Parkinson MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Southern Illinois DistrictSilver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast ProducerREPLACEMENT
Zinc Barite Occurrence No. 1Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Barnett MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer1966
Basal Springville Shale OutcropClayProspect
Johnson WorksFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProducer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Lusk1.8 miles24
Julien Hill2.2 miles24
Gowins3.5 miles24
Hartsville3.8 miles22
Gowansville (historical)3.8 miles24
Raum4.6 miles21
Herod6.2 miles22
Oak7.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425100. 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.