Quincy Junction, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62366. The Survey maps it on the Louisiana quadrangle.

Quincy Junction within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1937 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1940 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Quincy Junction between 1992 and 1997, burning about 51 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
Debris and open burning	9
Equipment and vehicle use	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
14 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 March 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 March 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 February 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
21 February 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
19 February 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
10 February 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 November 1993	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Quincy Junction: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Holiday Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Marblehead Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Me:Sss Quarrry #1 & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Noix Farm Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Old Holiday Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pratt Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Ray Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pike	0.8 miles	19
Moores (historical)	3.4 miles	19
Atlas	5.2 miles	11
Rockport	6.1 miles	14
Pleasant Hill	8.1 miles	15
Horton	8.4 miles	14
Summer Hill	8.6 miles	11
New Hartford	10.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423097. 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.