Loves Corner, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Cave-In-Rock precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62919. It sits by Barker Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Cave-in-Rock quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Cave in Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Cave-In-Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Loves Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | PICNIC |
| 27 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | TOWER ROCK |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | PINE |
| 3 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | TUCKER HILL |
| 17 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PENNELL |
| 16 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
| 11 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Shawnee National Forest | TOWER ROCK |
| 24 March 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | LAMB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Loves Corner: 65 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 prospects, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave In Rock Quadrangle Mine | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Quartz, Iron | Producer | 1919 | |
| Crystal Mine | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1929 | |
| Deardorff Mine No. 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| East Green Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| M.F. Oxford No. 7 | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Minerva No. 1 Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Germanium, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Cadmium, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Patrick Mine | Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Victory Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| West Green Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hastie Quarry & Mill | Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite | Plant | 1900 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave-in-Rock | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lamb | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Peters Creek | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Rock Creek | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Finneyville | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Saline Landing | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cadiz | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Gross | 6.9 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Loves Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6692476 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425146. 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.















