Boskydell, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Makanda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62903. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1922 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Boskydell between 1997 and 2016, burning about 26 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | COSPILLWAY |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | SPILLWAY |
| 3 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | ARROW FIRE |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | DREW |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Shawnee National Forest | MEADOW RIDGE ROAD |
| 8 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | FALCON |
| 15 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | CEDAR |
| 19 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | RIGHTAWAY |
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 Boskydell: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Springvale Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boskydell in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Boskydell | $350,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Boskydell | $2,000 | An EF-1 tornado (max of EF-0 in Jackson County) began southeast of Carbondale at Giant City Rd. Several large tree limbs were downed on Wagon Wheel Road and County Line Rd as the tornado crossed into Williamson County. Peak winds for the Jackson County portion of this tornado were estimated at 80 mph. |
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Boskydell | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in a developing supercell storm. A tornado would later be produced from this storm further east. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Boskydell | - | A trained spotter reported 1.5 feet of water over a secondary road south of Carbondale leading to Giant City State Park. A rainfall amount of 3.49 inches was measured at a nearby fire station between midnight and 6:45 P.M. CST. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boskydell | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 60 mph at a school just south of Carbondale off U.S. Highway 51. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Boskydell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Boskydell | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Terrace | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Southern Hills | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Stone Fort | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Makanda | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Carbondale | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Etherton | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Eltham (historical) | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pomona | 7.2 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Boskydell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687415 | 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 404705. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











