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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.

Moellenbrocks within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

1,137 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 Nameoki Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Nameoki Township - 1,137 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2010

Regional 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/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
24 March 2014Smoking1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCBHALWACHS
17 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources79TH
9 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFOREST

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Madison County FireclayFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Madison County FireclayAluminum, Iron, Silica, TitaniumProspect
Madison PlantThoriumProducer
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
Four Corners0.8 miles21
Stallings1.4 miles21
Pontoon Beach1.8 miles21
Maryland Place2.7 miles21
Nameoki3.4 miles28
State Park Place3.6 miles21
Cedar Park3.8 miles24
Mitchell3.9 miles24

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 Q122551269The 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.