BlockPolsgrove, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Woodland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61053. It stands on East Plum River. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1892 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1952 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,697 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Woodland Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
RAXDKCKER CIIRISTOPH, Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Polsgrove; born in Wurtemburg, Germany, Sept. 29, 1827; republican; Lutheran; came to this Co. in 1859; owns 150 acres of land, valued at $4,000; married B. Kaufman, March 15, 1860; she was born in Germany; they have three children living, two boys and one girl, and one deceased; Mr. R. has been School Director for twelve years.
Passage source: The History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Woodland Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Polsgrove between 2009 and 2018, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 22 |
| 1 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 23 |
| 23 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 23 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Polsgrove: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Goodmiller Quarry & Portable Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Graharing Quarrynelson Qy. Prod. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plum River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carroll | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Center Hill | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Carroll | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wacker | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Ashdale Junction | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hickory Grove | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Burke | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Savanna | 8.7 miles | 24 |
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 Q7225990 | The 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 423054. 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.