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Gibsonia, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Bowlesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62954. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle.

Gibsonia within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Gibsonia between 1995 and 2020, burning about 497 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
13 September 1998Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestHIGH KNOB TRAIL
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 4
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 3
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 2
9 April 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National Forestnot named
3 March 2020Debris and open burning50 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources202012
3 March 2020Smoking1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources202011
14 March 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresShawnee National ForestTHACKER HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gibsonia: 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
High Knob Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Wentzel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J. Love ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
J. Love ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Zinc Prospect No. 1ZincOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 1ZincOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 2Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 2Zinc, LeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibsonia in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1999FloodGibsonia-A slow-moving thunderstorm dumped heavy rain over a small part of Gallatin County. A patrol car reported 6 to 8 inches of water across State Route 1 about 7 miles south of the Route 13 intersection.

Every storm recorded in Gallatin 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
Leamington2.4 miles22
Bowlesville (historical)3.2 miles23
Kedron4.4 miles22
Junction5.4 miles23
Lawler5.7 miles22
Shawneetown6.1 miles23
Equality7.4 miles22
Old Shawneetown7.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 408991. 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.