Taylor, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Derry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62363. The Survey maps it on the Summer Hill quadrangle.

Taylor within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

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

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 2008 and 2014, burning about 65 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	3
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
23 March 2013	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	130021
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:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Taylor: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Foster Quarry #14w. Ill. Stone	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Horton Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kiser Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
New Hartford Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
El Dara	2.1 miles	11
New Hartford	3.3 miles	11
Summer Hill	4.4 miles	11
Horton	4.7 miles	14
Rockport	4.9 miles	14
Atlas	6.0 miles	11
New Philadelphia	6.5 miles	12
Hadley	7.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423233. 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.