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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1923 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Kirkwood East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Kirkwood East quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,713 words on this townshipPortrait 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 2013Regional 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 burning | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201437 |
| 13 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201439 |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201329 |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201326 |
| 27 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201338 |
| 11 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201428 |
| 31 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201324 |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 201425 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Media Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellison (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Smithshire | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Roseville | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ponemah | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Larchland | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Swan Creek | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kirkwood | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Youngstown | 8.9 miles | 17 |
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.









