BlockShields, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Farrington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62851. The Survey maps it on the Shields quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1947 USGS Wayne City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Shields quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,209 words on this townshipHistory of Jefferson County, Illinois, published 1883; Wall's History of Jefferson County, Illinois, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Farrington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Farrington Township - 2,209 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Shields in 2016, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 016-020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pigeon (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Harmony | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Divide | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bluford | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Markham City | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Texico | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Ground | 11.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 418387. 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.