BlockSmithdale, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Newtown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61319. The Survey maps it on the Streator South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Streator South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
452 words on this townshipThe History of Livingston County, Illinois : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. .., published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Newtown Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Newtown Township - 452 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Smithdale in 2010, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11210 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Smithdale: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streator Brick Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Feken Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Streator Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missal | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Manville | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| New Michigan (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carriage Lane Estates | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vermilion City | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| South Streator | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Coalville | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Reading | 4.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423188. 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.