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Munger, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Levee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62343. It stands on Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marblehead quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.

Munger within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

123 words on this township

With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Levee Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Levee Township - 123 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Munger between 1994 and 2018, burning about 17 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/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177318-06417-05052018-1413
28 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources102217
19 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMILE 8
2 December 1994Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 December 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources109718

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Munger: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bleigh Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fall Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gen Stewart S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
East Hannibal2.4 miles17
Shepherd2.5 miles17
Aladdin2.8 miles17
Seehorn3.2 miles19
Spencer4.4 miles17
Hull7.0 miles14
Kinderhook9.7 miles14
Shinn9.9 miles14

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 Q28035716The 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 423007. 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.