BlockSkelton, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1990. It stands in East Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62656. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln East quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lincoln East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Skelton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 1 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 | 25 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180573 |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beason | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chestervale | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lawndale | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lincoln | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bakerville | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Chestnut | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bell | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Evans | 8.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q7534509 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423187. 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.