BlockMarshall Landing, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Point precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62013. It lies near Calhoun Island. The Survey maps it on the Brussels quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Marshall Landing between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1,586 acres 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11406001 |
| 3 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | 96-01 |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | CALHOUN WETLANDS |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10319003 |
| 24 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WALLENDORF TRUST/CACHE HOLLOW RD |
| 28 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ALAN TOPPMEYER 201714 |
| 17 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,475 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PERE MARQUETTE |
| 11 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SARAH MILLER 201710 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marshall Landing: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osborne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Plain | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Centerville | 4.0 miles | 27 | |
| Brussels | 4.4 miles | 27 | |
| The Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| Golden Eagle | 5.9 miles | 27 | |
| Meppen | 5.9 miles | 27 | |
| Conrad | 6.3 miles | 27 | |
| Winneberger | 6.8 miles | 27 |
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 Marshall Landing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6773673 | 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 422944. 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.