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Campton, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Chester precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62233. The Survey maps it on the Chester quadrangle.

Campton within Randolph 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

18 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Campton between 2013 and 2017, burning about 28 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 burning14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources70-2013
28 September 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources71-2013
1 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources840917
8 June 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources51-0614
25 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources46-0514
16 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources42-0514
6 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources33-0414
22 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources37-0414

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Campton: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. 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
Southern Illinois Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wlatersburg Shale ExposureClayProspect
Chester QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Menard State Penitentiary QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Chester1.5 miles23
Menard2.4 miles23
Randolph3.8 miles19
Bremen4.1 miles19
Diamond Cross4.4 miles23
New Palestine4.8 miles23
Welge5.1 miles19
Fort Gage5.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1820674. 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.