Harco, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Brushy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62935. The Survey maps it on the Harco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1908 USGS Galatia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Galatia quadrangle1:62500
- 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 Galatia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Harco quadrangle1:24000
- 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
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Harco between 2009 and 2020, burning about 92 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10208 |
| 9 April 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13063 |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10079 |
| 9 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GALATIA4 |
| 9 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | AMERICAN |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GALATIA3 |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GALATIA2 |
| 6 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HARCO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harco in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harco | $2,000 | A couple of trees and one power pole was blown down. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Harco | - | A weak, short-lived tornado was reported by a trained spotter. The spotter reported the tornado over reclaimed strip-mine property. No damage was located. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Harco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Galatia | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Buena Vista | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Dorris Heights | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Raleigh | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Liberty | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Harrisburg | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Halltown (historical) | 7.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409766. 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.











