BlockRed Top, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Browns precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62806. The Survey maps it on the Albion South quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Albion South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Red Top between 2015 and 2019, burning about 13 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-132 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 419 |
| 21 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-123 |
| 25 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 231 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 296 |
| 16 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 294 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 225 |
| 6 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 154 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Browns | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wanborough (historical) | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lexington (historical) | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bone Gap | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Piankashawtown (historical) | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Black | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Grayville | 8.1 miles | 19 |
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 Q7305171 | 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 1808168. 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.