BlockWeaver, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62441. The Survey maps it on the Dennison quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Weaver between 2002 and 2005, burning about 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 December 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 December 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 October 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 Weaver: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Geisert Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| McKeen | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dennison | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Griffin (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Golf Lakes | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fox Run | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Farrington | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Patton | 4.6 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7978343 | 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 423294. 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.