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Rose Lake, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in East St. Louis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62204. The Survey maps it on the Monks Mound quadrangle.

Rose Lake within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

9,003 words on this township

History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881; Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History, published 1928 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on East St. Louis Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on East St. Louis Township - 9,003 words.

Fires near this place

41 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Rose Lake between 2008 and 2014, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning13
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSPICER
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources89TH
10 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10 BARCLAY
29 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWETZEL
26 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLEVEL
28 June 2008Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMCDONALDS
14 June 2009Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI64 M10
13 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources81ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rose Lake: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
(Facility) Cerro Copper Sauget SmelterCopperPlant
(Facility) Sauget Zinc RefineryZinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
Dredge & Mill #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hypothetical Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, CadmiumProspectUnderground
Madison PlantThoriumProducer
Pfizer Inc. Mineral PigmentsIronProducer
Southwestern Illinois Area UndercSilica, Aluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Southwestern Illinois Area UnderclayFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Bowdirns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hogan's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Washington Park0.8 miles21
Fairmont City1.0 miles21
Rosemont1.0 miles21
East Saint Louis2.5 miles27
National City (historical)2.9 miles28
Exermont3.3 miles21
Brooklyn3.4 miles28
Golden Gardens3.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426489. 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.