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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1916 USGS Equality quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Equality quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Equality quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Equality quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1995Regional 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/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | HIGH KNOB TRAIL |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OTHER FIRE 4 |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OTHER FIRE 3 |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OTHER FIRE 2 |
| 9 April 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 3 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 202012 |
| 3 March 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 202011 |
| 14 March 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | THACKER HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Wentzel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J. Love Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| J. Love Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Zinc Prospect No. 1 | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Zinc Prospect No. 1 | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Zinc Prospect No. 2 | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Zinc Prospect No. 2 | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Flood | Gibsonia | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bowlesville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Kedron | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Junction | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lawler | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Shawneetown | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Equality | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Old Shawneetown | 7.5 miles | 23 |
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.











