Fults, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Precinct 13. It lies in ZIP code area 62244. It lies near Morrison Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Renault quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFults grew from 26 to 28 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 28 | +2 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Renault quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Renault quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Renault quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Renault quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Fults between 2002 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-00019 |
| 12 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000024 |
| 16 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-000022 |
| 9 June 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ELMER SCHUTHEIS |
| 8 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UP |
| 6 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0004 |
| 14 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNION PACIFIC RR |
| 5 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HENERFAULT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fults: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry No. 5 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fults in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fults | $500,000 | Seven freight train cars were blown over and off of their tracks between Fults and Valmeyer. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Fults | - | A tornado touched down on the north end of Fults, just north of Ivy Road, southwest of where the train tracks cross Ivy Road. In this location the corn crop was snapped off. The tornado continued to the northeast snapping off half of a large maple tree. The tree fell onto a house causing moderate damage. Also, several smaller trees in the area were damaged. The tornado then crossed Ivy Road and took off a side section of an old barn before lifting and dissipating on the south side of Bluff Road. The tornado was rated EF0. It was on the ground for a third of a mile with a max path width of 40 yards. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fults | - | A large tree was blown onto Bluff Road. The road was blocked for about 2 hours. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Fults | - | The third tornado from the Jefferson County, MO supercell thunderstorm formed about 2 miles southwest of Fults about 9:46 pm CST. It destroyed a large grain bin as it moved east northeast. As it moved into the town of Fults, it caused minor roof damage and siding damage to 2 homes and minor roof damage to the Post Office. Two small sheds in the area were also destroyed. Several pine trees were snapped off at the tornado left Fults and dissipated. The maximum damage path was 100 yards wide with a F1 rating. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Fults | - | The second Jefferson County, MO tornado crossed the Mississippi River into Monroe County Illinois at about 9:47 pm CST and moved north northeast for about 2 miles. Several trees were and outbuildings were damaged just to the southwest and northwest of Fults. The maximum width was 100 yards with a F2 rating. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fults | - | Emergency management officials reported a couple of power poles snapped and a couple a garages damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Fults | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kidd | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Maeystown | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Chalfin Bridge | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Renault | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Philip (historical) | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Joe | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Monroe City | 6.7 miles | 26 |
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 Fults | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672161 | 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 408811. 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.









