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Crossroads, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Grantsburg No. 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62995. It stands on Grassy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mermet quadrangle.

Crossroads within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Crossroads between 1999 and 2018, burning about 148 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWALQUIST
30 August 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesFENDON
16 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJ
7 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCROSSSROADS
26 March 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestKERLEY
20 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestQUAIL
19 March 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresShawnee National ForestWESTVIEW
18 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDUNKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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 Crossroads: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them 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
Shawnee High Interest Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossroads in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Crossroads$75,000The tornado crossed into Johnson County from Massac County in the vicinity of Interstate 24. A barn was destroyed just before where the tornado crossed Interstate 24. Significant tree damage was observed near the community of Ganntown, where trees were snapped and uprooted and a home had minor damage. The metal roof of the house was damaged. On the west side of Grantsburg, a 20-by-50 foot pole barn was destroyed, and swirls were seen in tall grass. Near the end of the damage path in the Shawnee National Forest, over 100 trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. The average path width was 150 yards.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCrossroads$35,000Thunderstorm downdraft winds blew down multiple tree limbs and caused a mobile home to slide off the foundation with areas of roofing damage.
November 2011HailCrossroads-Quarter-sized hail occurred along Interstate 24 near mile marker 22.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Ganntown2.0 miles17
Wartrace4.0 miles20
Bender (historical)4.5 miles20
Grantsburg4.7 miles19
Forman4.8 miles19
Reevesville5.2 miles21
Vienna6.3 miles20
Belknap6.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422591. 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.