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Riehl, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Godfrey Village. It lies in ZIP code area 62035. It lies near Youngblood Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Elsah quadrangle.

Riehl within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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.

In the county-history sources

3,663 words on this township

History of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Godfrey Village covers the township.

Read the chapter on Godfrey Village - 3,663 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Riehl in 2011, burning under an acre 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 burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11402002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riehl: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St. Charles & Traveler DredgesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Rivers Sand Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mississippi Lime and Material QuarrStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Western Whiting Company QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clifton Terrace1.1 miles22
Piasa Hills1.4 miles22
Quatoga Bluff1.5 miles24
Melville1.5 miles24
Alandale2.4 miles24
Altamont3.5 miles24
Fairmont3.7 miles24
Southmoor3.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416664. 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.