BlockWater Valley, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Cobden District 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62920. The Survey maps it on the Makanda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1922 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Carbondale 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 Makanda quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Makanda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Water Valley between 1999 and 2020, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | ROCKYCOMF1 |
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Shawnee National Forest | FEATHER HILL |
| 14 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | ROWAN |
| 19 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SHILOH ROAD |
| 18 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | JOHN RICH |
| 14 October 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | SMOKIN OAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Water Valley: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 1 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Caseyville Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| N.Cobden Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Saratoga Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Cobden | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| The Hall | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Mason | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Wayside | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lick Creek | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain Glen | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Kaolin | 7.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423290. 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.