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Flatwoods, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Grantsburg No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62985. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Flatwoods within Johnson 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

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Flatwoods between 1994 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
27 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE 2
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestMILLSTONE
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.2 acresShawnee National ForestSUGAR CREEK
4 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreShawnee National ForestFIRECRACKER
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National Forest23
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13014
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE
5 April 2013Debris and open burning9.2 acresShawnee National ForestSIMPSON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Flatwoods: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Dixon Springs Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Grantsburg2.6 miles19
Wartrace3.3 miles20
Simpson3.4 miles20
Cross Roads (historical)4.1 miles20
Ganntown5.2 miles17
Reevesville5.6 miles21
Pond5.9 miles20
Reynoldsburg6.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422702. 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.