BlockNew Salem, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Petersburg East No. 13 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62675. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salisbury quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in New Salem
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Lincoln's New Salem Villagelisted 1972 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1909 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of New Salem (historical) between 2010 and 2017, burning about 19 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-000001 |
| 19 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-000182 |
| 19 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-000137 |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-000132 |
| 26 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000060 |
| 23 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015-000087 |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000051 |
| 14 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000043 |
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 Salem (historical): 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Menard County Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Petersburg City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisburg | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Petersburg | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Old Salem Chautauqua | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hill Top | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Petersburg | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tice | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hilltop | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Loyd | 4.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1808808. 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.