Little Ireland, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Emmet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61455. The Survey maps it on the Macomb quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Little Ireland within McDonough County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1912 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:62500
1914 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Little Ireland (historical) in 2008, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning	4
Natural	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
26 August 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	45
30 May 2008	Natural	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	27
5 April 2008	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	SILBERER
14 March 2008	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	BROWN
14 March 2008	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonough County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Little Ireland (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
	Mcdonough Hwy Pit	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McDonough 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lamone Village	2.1 miles	20
Georgetown	2.3 miles	20
University Village	3.1 miles	20
East Village	3.1 miles	20
Macomb	3.6 miles	20
Spring Creek Settlement (historical)	4.1 miles	16
Sciota	4.9 miles	16
Good Hope	5.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1824404. 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.