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Meadow Heights, Illinois

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Collinsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62234. It lies near Fox Hill. The Survey maps it on the Collinsville quadrangle.

Meadow Heights within Madison County

On record in Meadow Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

7,805 words on this township

History of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Collinsville Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Collinsville Township - 7,805 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Heights between 2008 and 2011, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
10 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10 BARCLAY
23 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCAMPMEYER
26 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesAGIDON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Meadow Heights: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Collinsville PitStonePast Producer
Madison County FireclayFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Madison County FireclayAluminum, Iron, Silica, TitaniumProspect
Barker DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City Plant & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dredge & Mill #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Donkville0.7 miles16
Collinsville1.5 miles16
Troy Crossing2.0 miles16
Pleasant Ridge2.2 miles16
Lakeview Acres2.5 miles16
Lumaghi Heights2.7 miles16
Maryville2.9 miles16
Chinatown3.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413348. 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.