BlockPoplar Ridge, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Murphysboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62966. The Survey maps it on the Pomona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1924 USGS Alto Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Alto Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Alto Pass quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | TURKEY BAYOU |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | WHISKEY RIDGE |
| 9 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | FIVE POINTS |
| 1 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Shawnee National Forest | LITTLE GRAND CANYON |
| 19 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Shawnee National Forest | JOHN'S SPUR |
| 16 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | HWY 149 |
| 9 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | DUAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etherton | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Eltham (historical) | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Mount Carbon | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sand Ridge | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Texas Junction | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Murphysboro | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pomona | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Grimsby | 5.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423077. 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.