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Pleasant Hill, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61041. The Survey maps it on the Elizabeth quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pleasant Hill within Jo Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

7,025 words on this township

The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hanover Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hanover Township - 7,025 words.

Fires near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill (historical) between 2008 and 2012, burning about 64 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWURSTER
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesELECTRIC
17 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeCAFETERIA FIRE
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeWHITTON GATE
7 April 2011Equipment and vehicle use8.4 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeWHITTON GUARD HOUSE
5 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHASS
23 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHANOVER
23 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHANOVER2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill (historical): 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Limestone, General. 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
Haggerty MineZinc, LeadUnknownGalena, Sphalerite
Kansas MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena, Sphalerite
Nobis QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bertsch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Illinois MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena, Sphalerite
Klock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shelly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Skene MineLead, ZincPast Producer1901, 1907
Wishon MineLead, ZincPast Producer1865, 1910
Illinois MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess 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
Hanover2.4 miles18
North Hanover3.0 miles18
Derinda Center3.3 miles14
Weston (historical)3.6 miles18
Elizabeth3.7 miles14
Woodland Valley Courts4.0 miles23
Whitton4.7 miles15
Massbach6.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815796. 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.