BlockRodgersville, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Stonefort precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62922. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crab Orchard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1925 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Marion 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
- 1965 USGS Crab Orchard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Crab Orchard quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Crab Orchard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rodgersville between 2010 and 2016, burning about 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10194 |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10193 |
| 13 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13165 |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10165 |
| 9 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10081 |
| 17 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10094 |
| 9 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13041 |
| 8 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10054 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rodgersville: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crab Orchard Pit & Lime Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Plant | ||
| Treadwater Shale Quarry | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dykersburg | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Palzo | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Crab Orchard | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Willeford | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| New Dennison | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Creal Springs | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Stonefort | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sulphur Springs (historical) | 6.3 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 Q122562364 | 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 1736164. 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.