Clarksburg, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Clarksburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62565. The Survey maps it on the Fancher quadrangle.
On record in Clarksburg
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
Clarksburg Schoolhouselisted 2001
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1942 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fancher quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Fancher quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Clarksburg in 2013, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1300MA |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13004 |
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 Clarksburg: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosser Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| S & V Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksburg in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Lightning | Clarksburg | $30,000 | Lightning struck an oil tank 2 miles south-southwest of Clarksburg in Shelby County at about 2:20 PM CDT on April 16th. The lightning caused an explosion that showered debris more than 100 yards away and created a fire. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksburg | - | Several trees were blown down in Clarksburg. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fancher | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mode | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Milne | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shelbyville | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Middlesworth | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cowden | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lakewood | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Herborn | 7.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1966368. 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.






