Degognia, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Degognia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62280. The Survey maps it on the Rockwood quadrangle.

Degognia within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

1916 USGS Campbell Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1918 USGS Campbell Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 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 Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Degognia between 1995 and 2017, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	064-2013
8 April 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	390417
23 March 1995	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Shawnee National Forest	HOG II
19 March 1995	Debris and open burning	44 acres	Shawnee National Forest	HOG HILL
23 February 2014	Debris and open burning	1.7 acres	Shawnee National Forest	SUCHMAN
17 February 2017	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	200217
16 February 2017	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	190217
12 February 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.6 acres	Shawnee National Forest	HOG HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Degognia: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Campbell Hill Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Degonia Sandstone Exposure	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Rockwood Sandstone Exposure	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect

Every working recorded in Jackson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Point	2.6 miles	20
Cora	3.3 miles	23
Jones Ridge	4.2 miles	23
Glenn	4.8 miles	23
Dry Hill	5.1 miles	23
Raddle	6.1 miles	23
Campbell Hill	6.4 miles	20
Bradley (historical)	6.5 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422613. 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.