BlockWest Ridge, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Tuscola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61953. The Survey maps it on the Villa Grove quadrangle. It stands 689 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.
- 1956 USGS Villa Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Villa Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Villa Grove quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,739 words on this townshipHistory of Douglas County, Illinois, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Tuscola Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Tuscola Township - 2,739 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of West Ridge between 2019 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000108 |
| 20 July 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000046 |
| 11 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Ridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas City Hwy Dept Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tuscola Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Springs | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| North Prairie Acres | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Camargo | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Yoder Addition | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Northgate | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Parkview | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Villa Grove | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tuscola | 4.0 miles | 14 |
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 Q7986347 | 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 423301. 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.