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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1998 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
7,864 words on this townshipHistory 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 2008Regional 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SPICER |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 89TH |
| 10 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10 BARCLAY |
| 29 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WETZEL |
| 26 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LEVEL |
| 28 June 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MCDONALDS |
| 14 June 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I64 M10 |
| 13 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 81ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Stone Quarry and Mill No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southwestern Illinois Area Underc | Silica, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Southwestern Illinois Area Underclay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Hill Brick Co. Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.Clay Pit 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Little Canteen Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Heights | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pontiac | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dutch Hollow | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Capitol Oaks | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Crossroads | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Birkner | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Furman | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hilltop | 2.4 miles | 21 |
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.










