BlockWatertown, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Olney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62450. The Survey maps it on the Olney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Olney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Olney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Watertown (historical) in 2010, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SLOAN |
| 9 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | OLNEY2 |
| 13 November 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HERMAN |
| 15 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | OLNEY |
| 11 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ARCHER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olney | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Elbow | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pureton | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fransonia (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Noble | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Calhoun | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gallagher | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wilsonburg (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1820915. 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.