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Old Brownfield, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Golconda No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. It lies near Deputy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Brownfield quadrangle.

Old Brownfield within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Old Brownfield between 1994 and 2012, burning about 222 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use20 acresShawnee National ForestWALTERSBURG
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestMILLSTONE
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPOPE
8 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresShawnee National ForestSHEDVILLE
7 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1618
6 March 1994Debris and open burning13 acresShawnee National Forestnot named
25 March 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresShawnee National ForestLAKE GLENDALE
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1631

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Old Brownfield: 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Brownfield Sanstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mermet Quarry No. 10Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Brownfield1.1 miles21
Hodgeville2.1 miles21
Waltersburg2.2 miles21
Perkins (historical)2.9 miles21
Holmes Corner3.0 miles21
Allens Spring3.3 miles21
Homberg3.3 miles21
Rising Sun3.5 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 Q122546931The 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 425270. 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.