BlockMount Palatine, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 61326. The Survey maps it on the McNabb quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1934 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Wenona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS McNabb quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Mount Palatine between 2008 and 2020, burning about 209 acres 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STAND5 |
| 2 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2020-041 |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 008-42 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018-058 |
| 30 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1051 |
| 28 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1046 |
| 19 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 088-131 |
| 15 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 110 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2020-142 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tonica | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ticona | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lostant | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bailey Falls (historical) | 8.6 miles | 21 | |
| Oglesby | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Lowell | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Piety Hill | 9.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414035. 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.