BlockMineral City, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Rosiclare precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62982. The Survey maps it on the Rosiclare quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 24 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 Golconda quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Goloonda quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Golconda quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rosiclare quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Golconda quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rosiclare quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Rosiclare quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Mineral City (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE SPRINGS RD. |
| 14 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | MOWER |
| 6 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GROSS |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1633 |
| 20 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VICK ROAD FIRE |
| 16 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE SPRINGS ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 100 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Mineral City (historical): 80 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Shaft Fluorspar Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite | |
| Burns Mine | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell-Crotser | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | 1972 | |
| Chittenden - Black - Wright | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Fairview-Blue Diggings Fault | Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1842, 1941 | |
| Hardin City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hillside | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1917, 1926 | |
| Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite District | Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Cadmium | Past Producer | Fluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena | |
| Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar Mines | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Producer | Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Knight Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Underground |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Rosiclare | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Shetlerville | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Elizabethtown | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Humm Wye | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Eichorn | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Peters Creek | 8.0 miles | 23 | |
| Gross | 9.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1808779. 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.