BlockNew Hanover Station, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Precinct 11. It lies in ZIP code area 62236. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1910 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of New Hanover Station between 2008 and 2020, burning about 254 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WITTNAVER |
| 26 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WITTNAUER |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LYNDON1 |
| 1 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TOENJES |
| 4 December 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 120417 |
| 30 December 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | VAL 4 |
| 30 December 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | N/A |
| 11 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 110720 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Hanover Station: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Monroe County Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Waterloo Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hanover | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fountain Gap | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Columbia | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Kise Crossing | 4.2 miles | 28 | |
| Warnock | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Waterloo | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Millstadt Junction | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fountain | 5.4 miles | 26 |
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 Q122553134 | The 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 414402. 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.