BlockReily Lake, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ellis Grove precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62241. It stands on Kaskaskia River. The Survey maps it on the Kaskaskia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1915 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Chester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1970 USGS Kaskaskia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Kaskaskia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Reily Lake between 2013 and 2017, burning about 6 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 017-2013 |
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 29-2014 |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 27-2014 |
| 12 February 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 170217 |
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 Reily Lake: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepp Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chester Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gage | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Old Kaskaskia | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Ellis Grove | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Collins | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Roots | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kaskaskia | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Diamond Cross | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Dozaville | 5.3 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 Q21551653 | 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 416517. 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.