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Lewis Corner, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Jefferson No. 4 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. The Survey maps it on the Brownfield quadrangle.

Lewis Corner within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lewis Corner between 1994 and 2018, burning about 91 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresShawnee National ForestBRASHER CAVE
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesROTTMAN
26 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLOVERKAMP
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWITTEN
1 August 2012Natural18 acresShawnee National ForestAZOTUS
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHUDSON
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresShawnee National ForestTEMPLE HILL
2 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesAIRIESON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lewis Corner: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
Medeker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bay City MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProspect
Bay City MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProspect
Compton MineFluorine-FluoritePast ProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Compton MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Bethel Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mermet Quarry No. 10Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Rosebud0.5 miles21
Tansill3.2 miles21
Temple Hill3.6 miles21
Homberg3.9 miles21
Holmes Corner4.6 miles21
Bay City4.7 miles21
Hodgeville5.1 miles21
Brownfield5.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425102. 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.