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Rustic Acres, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 61241. The Survey maps it on the Port Byron quadrangle.

Rustic Acres within Rock Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Rustic Acres between 2017 and 2018, burning about 16 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
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
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-108 MM 1 I-88
6 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-090
11 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-094
27 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-063
2 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-051
12 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-043
20 February 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-032
18 February 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-027

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rustic Acres: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Davenport Clay Pit & MillClayProducer
Mc Dowell Sand & ExcavatingSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oberlander PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cleveland Quarry Plant #31Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hillside Plt & Quay Midway StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock River Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Rock Island 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
Osborn1.4 miles23
Joslin4.6 miles14
Barstow4.7 miles23
Carbon Cliff6.4 miles14
Cedar Brook6.7 miles23
Rapids City6.7 miles23
Babcock6.9 miles21
Silvis7.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425792. 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.