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Woods, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Foster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62002. It stands on Honeycut Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bethalto quadrangle.

Woods within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Woods between 2008 and 2009, 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/undetermined5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90620
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHATFIELD
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesALLIANCE
9 February 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources90207
29 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesRUPPERT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Woods: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alton Brick Co.Clay Shale PitClayPast Producer
Alton DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alton MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reliance Quarry Inc. Alton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sloan2.4 miles24
Upper Alton2.7 miles24
Forest Homes2.8 miles23
Fosterburg3.1 miles23
Milton3.3 miles24
Belmont Village3.3 miles24
Godfrey3.5 miles24
Cottage Hills4.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1812398. 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.