Summer Hill, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Atlas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62363. The Survey maps it on the Summer Hill quadrangle.
On record in Summer Hill
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 1 record
Lyman Scott Houselisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1926 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Summer Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
66 words on this townshipHistory of Pike County. A Centennial Address Delivered by Hon. William A. Grimshaw, at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Atlas Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Atlas Township - 66 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Summer Hill between 2008 and 2014, burning about 63 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 140052 |
| 13 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 130018 |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 140041 |
| 26 January 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | EL DARA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Summer Hill: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Plant No. 6, Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Hartford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summer Hill in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Hail | Summer Hill | - | Another wide swath of large hail up to the size of quarters fell as the storm slowly moved to the south. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summer Hill | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees along Highway 54 southwest of Summer Hill. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summer Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hartford | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Atlas | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Taylor | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Martinsburg | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rockport | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Moores (historical) | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| El Dara | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Horton | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419343. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





