BlockSulphur Springs, Illinois
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Rutland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61350. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wedron quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 26 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.
- 1892 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1915 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1946 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wedron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 2010 and 2015, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15103 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15086 |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1023 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs: 5 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Co.Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Serena Sand Plant-Zemi Corp. Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Wedron Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Hoxsey Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Serena Rhodes Pit / Portable #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wedron Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wedron 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.
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 Sulphur Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7636537 | 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 419337. 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.