BlockMillville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bunker Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62014. The Survey maps it on the Bunker Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1912 USGS Gillespie quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Gillespie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Bunker Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Bunker Hill quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,023 words on this townshipHistory of Macoupin County, Illinois : Biographical and Pictorial, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bunker Hill Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bunker Hill Township - 1,023 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Millville between 2008 and 2009, burning under an 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MASSA |
| 24 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BROWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Millville: 1 occurrence. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dorchester | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Centerville | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Baylestown | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Royal Lakes | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Woodburn | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wilsonville | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Clare | 6.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413626. 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.