Cleburne, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Six Mile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62865. The Survey maps it on the Christopher 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 Herrin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Herrin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Christopher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cleburne between 2008 and 2012, burning about 91 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MINES |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MARHET |
| 3 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILLS |
| 16 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SOHM |
| 28 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WRIGHT |
| 30 December 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HOOPER |
| 22 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MASON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cleburne: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchner Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleburne in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Cleburne | - | Ping pong ball size hail fell near Cleburne. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Cleburne | - | A trained spotter reported a very brief tornado. The rural area where this occurred was just east of Illinois 148 and a few miles west-northwest of Orient. No damage was found. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Zeigler | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Christopher | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Urbain | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Buckner | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cambon | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mulkeytown | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Plumfield | 3.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406237. 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.










