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Dixon Springs, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Webster No. 5 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.

Dixon Springs within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Dixon Springs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestMILLSTONE
21 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestRENSHAW
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.2 acresShawnee National ForestSUGAR CREEK
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPOPE
4 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreShawnee National ForestFIRECRACKER
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National Forest23
22 April 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresShawnee National ForestRAILROAD
12 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresShawnee National ForestFRANKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope 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 Dixon Springs: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Brownfield Sanstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixon Springs in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 1995Thunderstorm WindDixon Springs-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
Allens Spring1.2 miles21
Perkins (historical)2.1 miles21
Renshaw2.1 miles21
Rock3.3 miles21
Old Brownfield4.2 miles21
Brownfield4.2 miles21
Holmes Corner4.5 miles21
Glendale4.9 miles19

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 Dixon SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5284970The 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 407260. 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.