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New Lancaster, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Ellison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61478. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Lancaster within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

In the county-history sources

1,713 words on this township

Portrait and Biographical Album of Warren County, Illinois : Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States ; Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement Up to the Present Time, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ellison Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ellison Township - 1,713 words.

Fires near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of New Lancaster (historical) between 2013 and 2014, burning about 51 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201437
13 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201439
6 April 2013Debris and open burning19 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201329
4 April 2013Debris and open burning7.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201326
27 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201338
11 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201428
31 March 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201324
30 March 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources201425

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren 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 New Lancaster (historical): 2 past producers. None of them 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
Dollar QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Media QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Ellison (historical)2.3 miles17
Smithshire3.7 miles17
Roseville3.9 miles17
Ponemah4.7 miles18
Larchland6.1 miles18
Swan Creek7.2 miles17
Kirkwood7.7 miles18
Youngstown8.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1823727. 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.