BlockUnion, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Manito Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61532. The Survey maps it on the Manito quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1929 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Manito quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
15 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Union between 2009 and 2018, burning about 391 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 092-18 |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SAND RIDGE |
| 27 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1201711 |
| 27 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1201711 |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1191710 |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1191710 |
| 1 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1101701 |
| 1 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1101701 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Manito | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bishop | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Goofy Ridge | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Topeka | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Buzzville | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Allen | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eckard | 10.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423264. 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.