Fayville, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Thebes precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62990. It lies near Black Powder Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Thebes quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1934 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fayville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BEAN |
| 9 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | MT. ZION |
| 6 March 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GREGG HOLLOW |
| 26 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Shawnee National Forest | LITTLE RED HOUSE |
| 23 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ASHMAN |
| 28 February 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GREG HOLLOW |
| 20 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HILL |
| 17 February 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PIGEON ROOST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Fayville: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 3 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Miss.River Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellis Porperty | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Fayville | $50,000 | A major breach occurred in the Fayville levee. Despite widespread sandbagging, there was flash flooding across parts of central Alexander County. The communities of Miller City, Olive Branch, and Willard were impacted. Floodwaters covered sections of Illinois Route 3. Many homes and businesses were flooded. Olive Branch was inaccessible, and portions of Illinois Routes 3 and 37 were closed. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Fayville | $25,000 | An EF-1 tornado began near the Mississippi River a mile northwest of Fayville, and moved east northeast. The tornado uprooted or snapped the trunks of dozens of trees and toppled an irrigation pivot. It moved into Pulaski County just northeast of Sandusky. The estimated peak wind was 105 mph. The total path length of the tornado was around 18 miles. A large area of 70-90 mph straight line winds swept just south of the tornado and eventually overtook it as it moved east of Interstate 57 in Pulaski County. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Fayville | $25,000 | In the Rock Springs Hollow Road area, a roadway culvert was washed out. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayville | $4,000 | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta (historical) | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Tankville | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Olive Branch | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Thebes | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Miller City | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Clank | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Gale | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Willard | 6.7 miles | 21 |
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 Fayville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5439118 | 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 422694. 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.













