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Sloan, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Alton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62002. It stands on Coal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle.

Sloan within Madison County

On record in Sloan

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Alton township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 - Alton Township

City Court Of Alton

The Alton City Court was organized in 1859, and its first session was held on the 11th of April of that year. The name Was changed in 1874 from the Alton City Court to the City Court of Alton. It has jurisdiction of all chancery and common law causes, except murder. Henry W. Billings was the first judge.

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In the county-history sources

44,031 words on this township

History of Madison County, Illinois ... With Biographical Sketches .., published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Alton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Alton Township - 44,031 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sloan in 2008, burning about 3 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/undetermined3

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
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHATFIELD
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesALLIANCE
29 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesRUPPERT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sloan: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Alton Brick Co.Clay Shale PitClayPast Producer
Alton DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin River Loading DockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alton MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mississippi Lime and Material QuarrStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reliance QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reliance Quarry Inc. Alton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Upper Alton0.4 miles24
Milton1.3 miles24
Woods2.4 miles23
North Alton2.5 miles24
Belmont Village2.5 miles24
Alton2.6 miles24
Southmoor3.1 miles24
Altamont3.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1812447. 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.