Sauget, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Centreville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62201. The Survey maps it on the Cahokia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sauget between 2006 and 2014, burning about 2 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 | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 255 FOREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Sauget: 51 past producers, 5 plants, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Cerro Copper Sauget Smelter | Copper | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Sauget Zinc Refinery | Zinc, Refiner, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Hypothetical Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Cadmium | Prospect | Underground | |
| Pfizer Inc. Mineral Pigments | Iron | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 3 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Fireclay No 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Alpha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No 4 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sauget in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2007: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sauget | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and damaged an empty rail car. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Sauget | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sauget | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sauget | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood Park | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Cahokia | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| East Saint Louis | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Centreville | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| North Dupo | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Alorton | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| National City (historical) | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Stolle | 3.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426520. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













