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Mountain Glen, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Cobden District 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62920. It lies near Iron Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cobden quadrangle.

Mountain Glen within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Glen between 1994 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
14 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestKAOLIN POND ROAD
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestKAOLIN POND
3 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresShawnee National ForestALTO WATERWORKS
27 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresShawnee National ForestHARD TIMES 2
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestTHE WHOLE MARYANNE
18 April 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestHOOSIER TREE
8 March 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresShawnee National ForestKARBERS RIDGE
2 March 2020Debris and open burning30 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources82020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Glen: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, Dimension. 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
Fluorite and Limestone MineFluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
New Albany Shale ExposureClayProspect
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 1SilicaOccurrence
Shawnee High Interest Refractory Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Union County Area-FireclaysFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Fluorine Occurrence No. 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorine Occurrence No. 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Glen in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Flash FloodMountain Glen-Street flooding occurred in Cobden. 1.45 inches of rain fell between 315-350CST.

Every storm 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
Kaolin1.2 miles23
Mason1.9 miles23
Cobden1.9 miles23
Alto Pass3.3 miles23
Berryville4.9 miles24
Anna5.2 miles19
Jonesboro5.4 miles24
Water Valley6.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414149. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.