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Delwood, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Eddyville No. 6 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62987. The Survey maps it on the Eddyville quadrangle.

Delwood within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Delwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOAK ROAD
30 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestTOM DICK HILL #2
29 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestTOM DICK HILL 1
15 June 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 May 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestDOG HOLLOW
3 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestBURDEN
26 April 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestTEAL POND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Delwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Harrisburg Grick and Tile Co. ClayClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delwood in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDelwood$35,000Widespread damaging winds occurred around the county. Numerous trees and power lines were down, causing power outages. Several trees blocked Highway 145 in northern parts of the county.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDelwood$15,000Trees were blown down along Highways 34 and 145 near the Saline County line. Downed trees and power lines blocked portions of Highway 34.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDelwood$3,000A few trees were down.
October 2013Heavy RainDelwood-A trained spotter reported a daily rainfall total of 3.50 inches.
August 2009Funnel CloudDelwood-Two pilots reported a funnel cloud.
November 2002HailDelwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Oak2.9 miles21
Watkins Ford4.4 miles20
Hartsville5.6 miles22
McCormick5.6 miles20
Eddyville5.6 miles21
Abbot6.9 miles20
Herod7.2 miles22
Lusk8.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 424828. 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.