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Lockhaven, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Elsah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62035. It stands on Piasa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elsah quadrangle.

Lockhaven within Jersey County

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.

In the county-history sources

2,092 words on this township

History of Jersey County, Illinois, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Elsah Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Elsah Township - 2,092 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lockhaven between 2010 and 2011, burning about 1 acre 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
Debris and open burning2

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
2 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11402002
5 March 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10305001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jersey County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lockhaven: 3 past producers, 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
St. Charles & Traveler DredgesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Rivers Sand Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western Whiting Company QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jersey 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
Beltrees2.4 miles22
Elsah3.9 miles22
Newbern5.3 miles12
East Newbern5.3 miles12
Chautauqua5.4 miles23
Dow5.8 miles12
New Delhi6.4 miles12
McClusky7.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 412472. 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.