BlockWartrace, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Grantsburg No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62995. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1918 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wartrace between 2000 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FENDON |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | FIRECRACKER |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13014 |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SIMPSON FIRE |
| 22 April 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | RAILROAD |
| 20 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | QUAIL |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1628 |
| 17 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | FLATWOOD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantsburg | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ganntown | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Flatwoods | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pond | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Roads (historical) | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Simpson | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Reevesville | 5.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423289. 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.