Corinth, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Corinth precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62974. The Survey maps it on the Pittsburg quadrangle. It stands 518 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1963 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 2009 and 2013, burning about 92 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10208 |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10079 |
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10087 |
| 8 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10055 |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GALATIA3 |
| 6 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10050 |
| 26 December 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13233 |
| 9 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10313 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corinth | $20,000 | Siding and roofing was torn off a small church. Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corinth | $15,000 | Roofing on an outbuilding collapsed and large tree branches were broken. The survey identified the damage as resulting from straight-line winds. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Corinth | $7,000 | The tornado touched down a few miles east of Corinth, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Some shingles were blown off a well-built house. The tornado gained intensity in Saline County, where it attained its peak EF-2 rating. The tornado was on the ground in Williamson County for only a few minutes before moving into Saline County. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corinth | $5,000 | Several trees and one outbuilding were damaged. |
| March 2010 | Heavy Rain | Corinth | - | Water was over the road in several places. Crab Orchard Creek flooded a road about one to two miles southwest of Corinth. |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | Corinth | - | Water was over a road. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Corinth | - | The tornado continued into Williamson County from Franklin County. There was a swath of downed trees in rural areas. Peak winds around 90 mph occurred in the Franklin County portion of the track. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Attila | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Banklick | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Paulton | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rileyville | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hartford | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Crab Orchard | 6.4 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Corinth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5170620 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406585. 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.
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.











