BlockWestview, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Stookey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62223. It stands on Powdermill Creek. The Survey maps it on the French Village quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS French Village quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Westview between 2008 and 2012, burning about 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WINSLOW |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WINSLOW |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CASEYVILLE |
| 30 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ST CLAIR1 |
| 21 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 255 FOREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Westview: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic-Press Brick Co.Clay Pit 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Casper Stolle Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| East St. Louis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krause #1 Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| T.W. Stolle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest Hill | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Centerville Station | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Imbs | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Siding | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Ogles | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Tillman | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Briar Hill | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Centreville | 3.4 miles | 27 |
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 Q7989739 | 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 426571. 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.