Burksville Station, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Precinct 8. It lies in ZIP code area 62298. The Survey maps it on the Paderborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1910 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paderborn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Paderborn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Burksville Station between 2008 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2016 | Smoking | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-000018 |
| 6 July 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-00008 |
| 16 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-000022 |
| 9 June 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ELMER SCHUTHEIS |
| 26 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WITTNAVER |
| 5 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HENERFAULT |
| 17 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2000005 |
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CLARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burksville Station: 2 past producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Stone Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Monroe County Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Waterloo Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burksville Station in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burksville Station | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Burksville Station | - | A swath of large hail up to baseball size fell across portions of east central Monroe County. The large hail was reported in New Design and Hecker, as well as rural areas nearby. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemens | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Burksville | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Tipton | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joe | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Wartburg | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Waterloo | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Foster Pond (historical) | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Maeystown | 6.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414393. 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.










