Moellenbrocks, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Nameoki Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62040. It lies near Walkers Island. The Survey maps it on the Monks Mound quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Monks Mound quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Monks Mound quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1998 USGS Monks Mound quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,137 words on this townshipHistory 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 Nameoki Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Nameoki Township - 1,137 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Moellenbrocks between 2010 and 2014, 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2014 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CBHALWACHS |
| 17 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 79TH |
| 9 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FOREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Moellenbrocks: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium, Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County Fireclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Madison County Fireclay | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Madison Plant | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Barker Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City Plant & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Dredge & Mill #2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Stallings | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Pontoon Beach | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Maryland Place | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Nameoki | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| State Park Place | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Park | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Mitchell | 3.9 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551269 | 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 422993. 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.









