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Union Hill, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Caseyville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62208. It lies near Ridge Prairie. The Survey maps it on the French Village quadrangle.

Union Hill within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

In the county-history sources

7,864 words on this township

History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881; Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History, published 1928 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Caseyville Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Caseyville Township - 7,864 words.

Fires near this place

44 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 2008 and 2014, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning14
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSPICER
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources89TH
10 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10 BARCLAY
29 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWETZEL
26 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLEVEL
28 June 2008Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMCDONALDS
14 June 2009Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesI64 M10
13 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources81ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Union Hill: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Silica, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Quality Stone Quarry and Mill No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Southwestern Illinois Area UndercSilica, Aluminum, Iron, TitaniumProspect
Southwestern Illinois Area UnderclayFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Hill Brick Co. Shale PitClayPast Producer
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.Clay Pit 2ClayPast Producer
Little Canteen Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fairview Heights0.8 miles17
Pontiac1.1 miles17
Dutch Hollow1.9 miles21
Capitol Oaks2.0 miles17
Crossroads2.1 miles17
Birkner2.2 miles21
Furman2.3 miles17
Hilltop2.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426560. 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.