BlockThe Crossroads, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Point precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62036. It lies near Two Story Hill. The Survey maps it on the Brussels quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1903 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Brussels quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of The Crossroads between 1996 and 2017, burning about 66 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 | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | 96-01 |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge | CALHOUN WETLANDS |
| 24 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WALLENDORF TRUST/CACHE HOLLOW RD |
| 28 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ALAN TOPPMEYER 201714 |
| 28 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BEN TEPPEN 201713 |
| 11 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SARAH MILLER 201710 |
| 2 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JEFF & KATHY CAREY 201706 |
| 19 October 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CIPS ELECT FIRE |
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 The Crossroads: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Eagle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osborne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Eagle | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Winneberger | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Centerville | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Deer Plain | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Conrad | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Brussels | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Marshall Landing | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| Beechville | 6.6 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7728205 | 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 423237. 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.