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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.

Carlyle within Clinton County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

3 since 2001

Regional 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 ceremony1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
17 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesKLEIBOEKER
10 March 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 December 2013Smoking3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-0000088

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Schafer Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clinton Cty Hwy DeptStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Huelsman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCarlyle$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs and several trees in an area between Carlyle and Keysport.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCarlyle$5,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in town.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
June 2011Flash FloodCarlyle-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads in Carlyle were flooded.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-A large tree was blown down south of Carlyle, blocking Illinois Route 127.
July 2004HailCarlyle-A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail in Carlyle.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Storm spotters reported the roof of a home along Highway 50 damaged by wind gusts.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-The County Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines down.
November 2002Flash FloodCarlyle-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 2000Tornado (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 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down numerous trees and power lines.
May 1995HailCarlyle-Golf ball-size hail was reported.
July 2023HailCarlyle-no account filed
January 2012HailCarlyle-no account filed
January 2012HailCarlyle-no account filed
March 2012HailCarlyle-no account filed
July 2011HailCarlyle-no account filed
May 2010HailCarlyle-no account filed
April 2007HailCarlyle-no account filed
April 2006HailCarlyle-no account filed
April 2006HailCarlyle-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCarlyle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Royal Lake Resort3.3 miles10
Beckemeyer3.4 miles10
Huey4.3 miles10
Posey5.2 miles10
Marydale6.0 miles11
Frogtown6.1 miles10
Snearlyville6.5 miles10
Stolletown6.9 miles10

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.