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Mount Pleasant, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Stokes precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62912. It stands on Bradshaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 2008 and 2020, burning about 8 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
12 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPISGAH1
2 March 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20002
14 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGOODMAN
14 March 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFRANCIS
19 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMCGINNIS CEMETARY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anna Quarries, Inc. Hartline Qry.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cypress Creek Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Union 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
Moscow3.0 miles18
Lick Creek4.9 miles21
The Hall5.1 miles21
Saratoga5.9 miles21
Balcom7.5 miles19
Dongola7.9 miles22
Wayside8.2 miles21
Water Valley9.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414041. 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.