BlockNew Castle, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Deer Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61755. The Survey maps it on the Mackinaw quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1928 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
1,738 words on this townshipHistory of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Deer Creek Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There is a post-office in the centef 'of the township by the name of Deer Creek. On section 32, John W. Osborn laid off the town of New Castle, in 1861. In giving the history of the township, we would also mention a few of the p*.,'{3ons who have and are making its history. Among this number we find
Passage source: History of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
17 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of New Castle (historical) between 2009 and 2014, burning about 46 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10207 |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I742 |
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNKNOWN2 |
| 20 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MARTINS |
| 17 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WOODFORD |
| 9 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEERCRK1 |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TAZ |
| 6 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LEGION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Castle (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Ragar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rokey Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rokey Acres Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Heritage Lake | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mackinaw | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mayfair | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Deer Creek | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lilly | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Crandall | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Morton | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1811160. 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.