BlockValier Patch, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Browning Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62812. It lies near Grammer Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sesser quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1926 USGS Duquoin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Sesser quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Sesser quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Valier Patch between 2001 and 2012, burning about 57 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | NONE |
| 23 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TLAUTH |
| 21 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ILL |
| 4 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILLER |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MARHET |
| 19 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valier Patch: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchner Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valier | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Meyer | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rend City | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Coello | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Corners | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Buckner | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Urbain | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Christopher | 3.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Valier Patch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7911691 | 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 420196. 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.