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Little Rock, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Deer Park Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61348. It stands on Clayton Run. The Survey maps it on the La Salle quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Little Rock within LaSalle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

In the county-history sources

3,690 words on this township

History of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Deer Park Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Deer Park Township - 3,690 words.

Fires near this place

40 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Little Rock (historical) between 2008 and 2019, burning about 305 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning11
Smoking3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
11 September 2012Debris and open burning210 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI&M
3 August 2019Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-00092
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1063
25 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10118
2 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1060
6 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-00080
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-00089
5 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000062

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in LaSalle County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Little Rock (historical): 10 past producers, 9 producers, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
Unimin Utica Plant & PitSilicaPlant
Boehm No. 1 PitClayProducer
Boehm No. 2 PitClayProducer
Lasalle City PitStonePast Producer
Marquette Co Cement--Lowell PlantStoneProducer
Alpha Portland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lasalle Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh Portland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lone Star-Oglesby Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marquette QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Jonesville1.4 miles21
Deer Park1.7 miles21
Oglesby1.7 miles21
Piety Hill1.9 miles21
Utica2.5 miles21
La Salle2.6 miles21
Bailey Falls (historical)2.8 miles21
Peru4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1748279. 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.