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Etherton, 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 62966. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pomona quadrangle.

Etherton 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Etherton between 1995 and 2017, burning about 154 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
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestTURKEY BAYOU
28 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestWOLF DEN
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestWHISKEY RIDGE
7 April 2013Arson/incendiarism18 acresShawnee National ForestLITTLE GRAND CANYON
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresShawnee National ForestMEADOW RIDGE ROAD
9 March 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestDUAL
23 March 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestSHOAL CREEK
15 March 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestCEDAR

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 Etherton: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Springvale Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etherton in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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
February 2014Tornado (EF1)Etherton$10,000Trees were snapped, and there was siding and soffit damage to a home. Tree tops were damaged along the path. Maximum winds were estimated near 95 mph. The damage area was in the Shawnee National Forest a few miles east of the Big Muddy River.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Etherton$2,000This weak tornado began in the Shawnee National Forest and ended four miles west of Carbondale. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph. The tornado skipped along the path, taking down large tree branches and uprooting a few trees.
May 2024HailEtherton-EMA staff reported hail estimated at quarter size at Grammer Rd and IL-127 south of Murphysboro.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Eltham (historical)1.3 miles23
Poplar Ridge2.8 miles23
Pomona4.0 miles23
Mount Carbon4.6 miles18
Evergreen Terrace4.6 miles22
Texas Junction5.1 miles18
Murphysboro5.5 miles18
Boskydell5.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422677. 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.