BlockMiller, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in St. Clair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62221. The Survey maps it on the O'Fallon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Miller in 2010, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BELVDER |
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 Miller: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hill Brick Co. Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| St. Clair County Highway Department | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Station | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Belleville | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Swansea | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Shiloh | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Glenview | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Summit | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Petersburg | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Carbon | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426431. 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.