BlockFrancis, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Rector Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62930. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Broughton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1905 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1963 USGS Broughton quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Francis in 2009, burning about 1,168 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MOORE |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MASSEY |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | RALEIGH |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Francis in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Francis | $20,000 | Water levels around Harrisburg continued to rise even after the rain ceased. Many businesses in Harrisburg were threatened, and a fast-food restaurant and a large retail store closed due to the flooding. Dozens of volunteers sandbagged businesses and homes. Travel was hampered by the flooding. Highway 142 was closed due to high water north of Eldorado to the Hamilton County line. Numerous city streets in Harrisburg, as well as county roads outside the city, were under varying amounts of water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tison | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Texas City | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Saline City | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Eldorado | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beulah Heights | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Raleigh | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Long Branch | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wasson | 7.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422710. 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.
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.