BlockStar City, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Gilead precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62006. It lies near Kintown Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1930 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Star City in 1996, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 October 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Star City: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kritesville Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Calhoun Cty Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calhoun Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ray & Briscoe / Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Island | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gilead | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kritesville | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hardin | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Turner Landing | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hamburg | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Batchtown | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Michael | 7.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Star City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7600662 | 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 423202. 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.