Dennison, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62423. The Survey maps it on the Dennison quadrangle. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dennison between 2002 and 2005, burning about 17 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 December 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 January 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 Dennison: 1 prospect. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennison in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennison | $12,000 | A large tree was blown onto a car. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennison | - | A large sycamore tree limb was blown down. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Dennison | - | Heavy rainfall of 3 to 4 inches within 2 hours produced widespread flash flooding in much of Clark County. Most county roads covered with water and a few were closed to traffic. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Dennison | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Dennison | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Dennison | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKeen | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Patton | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Farrington | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Weaver | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Griffin (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Livingston | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Golf Lakes | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fox Run | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 Dennison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5259115 | 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 407130. 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.









