Eltham, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Pomona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62975. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pomona quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Eltham within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

1924 USGS Alto Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1947 USGS Alto Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1949 USGS Alto Pass quadrangle1:62500
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
1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1996 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Eltham (historical) between 1995 and 2017, burning about 200 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	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
6 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	TURKEY BAYOU
28 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	WOLF DEN
2 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	WHISKEY RIDGE
7 April 2013	Arson/incendiarism	18 acres	Shawnee National Forest	LITTLE GRAND CANYON
19 April 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36 acres	Shawnee National Forest	JOHN'S SPUR
12 April 2014	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Shawnee National Forest	MEADOW RIDGE ROAD
9 March 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	DUAL
7 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	10051

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Eltham (historical): 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
	Springvale Shale Exposure	Clay	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
Etherton	1.3 miles	23
Poplar Ridge	2.9 miles	23
Pomona	2.9 miles	23
Evergreen Terrace	5.6 miles	22
Mount Carbon	5.7 miles	18
Texas Junction	6.3 miles	18
Boskydell	6.4 miles	22
Murphysboro	6.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815604. 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.