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North Venice, Illinois

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Venice Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62060. It lies near Kerr Island. The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.

North Venice within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

968 words on this township

History of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Venice Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Venice Township - 968 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of North Venice between 2006 and 2011, burning under an acre 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/undetermined2

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
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources79TH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of North Venice: 29 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
(Facility) Sauget Zinc RefineryZinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1Clay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dredge & Mill #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hypothetical Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, CadmiumProspectUnderground
Madison PlantThoriumProducer
Pfizer Inc. Mineral PigmentsIronProducer
Prospect Hill Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co Quarry 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bowdirns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Newport0.5 miles28
Madison0.5 miles28
Venice0.6 miles28
Madison Station1.2 miles28
Granite City1.7 miles28
Eagle Park1.7 miles28
Nameoki4.1 miles28
Maryland Place4.6 miles21

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 Q122572245The 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 414686. 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.