Carlyle, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Carlyle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62231. The Survey maps it on the Carlyle quadrangle.
On record in Carlyle
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
General Dean Suspension Bridgelisted 1973
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Carlyle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Carlyle quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Carlyle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Carlyle between 2001 and 2014, burning about 13 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 | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KLEIBOEKER |
| 10 March 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 December 2013 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000088 |
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 Carlyle: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schafer Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clinton Cty Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Huelsman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlyle in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs and several trees in an area between Carlyle and Keysport. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in town. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Carlyle | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads in Carlyle were flooded. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | A large tree was blown down south of Carlyle, blocking Illinois Route 127. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Carlyle | - | A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail in Carlyle. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | Storm spotters reported the roof of a home along Highway 50 damaged by wind gusts. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | The County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down. |
| November 2002 | Flash Flood | Carlyle | - | Slow moving thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain on parts of Clinton County. The Clinton County Sheriff reported that Highways 50 and 161 near Carlyle were flooded. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Carlyle | - | A small tornado initially touched down north of Carlyle in the vicinity of the Fun Center on Highway 127. Supports on some of the equipment were ripped off and driven into the ground by the tornado. The tornado damaged 2 homes northeast of the Fun Center ripping off roof shingles and damaging the roof of a garage. A pole barn was also destroyed. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down numerous trees and power lines. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Carlyle | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlyle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Lake Resort | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Beckemeyer | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Huey | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Posey | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Marydale | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Frogtown | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Snearlyville | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Stolletown | 6.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 405603. 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.





