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Berryville, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Jonesboro District 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62952. It lies near Kratzinger Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.

Berryville within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Berryville between 1994 and 2014, burning about 58 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
14 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestKAOLIN POND ROAD
14 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresShawnee National ForestFESCUE FIRE
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestKAOLIN POND
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestTHE WHOLE MARYANNE
15 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee National ForestWINCH #1
9 March 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee National ForestBERRYVILLE
7 March 2004Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresShawnee National ForestFULL MOON
7 March 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresShawnee National ForestFRICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Berryville: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
New Albany Shale ExposureClayProspect
Dug Hill Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fluorite and Limestone MineFluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limestone Occurrence No.1Limestone, DimensionOccurrence
Shawnee High Interest Refractory Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Union County Area-FireclaysFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Fluorine Occurrence No. 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorine Occurrence No. 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Union 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
Jonesboro1.1 miles24
Anna2.2 miles19
Dutch Mills3.0 miles24
Kaolin3.8 miles23
Pottsville4.4 miles24
Mountain Glen4.9 miles23
Mason4.9 miles23
Balcom5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 404228. 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.