BlockSaline Valley Store, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62946. It stands on Spring Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rudement quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1916 USGS Equality quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Equality quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Rudement quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Rudement quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Saline Valley Store (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 315 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | EAGLE |
| 5 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 19 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BEECH HOLLOW |
| 11 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | FORWE |
| 7 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PEAK |
| 7 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BLACKMAN HILL |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1614 |
| 5 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Shawnee National Forest | RICE RD, |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Saline Valley Store (historical): 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave In Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harrisburg Grick and Tile Co. Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| King | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| King | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Downstate No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harrisburg City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Saline Highway Department | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesville (historical) | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Somerset | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Rudement | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Mitchellsville | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pankeyville | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Garden Heights | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Dorrisville | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gaskins City | 4.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821012. 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.