Harrisonville, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Maine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60416. The Survey maps it on the Coal City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Coal City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Coal City quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
16,283 words on this townshipHistorical Encyclopedia of Illinois /cedited by Newton Bateman, Paul Selby,; and History of Grundy County (historical and Biographical) by Special Authors and Contributors .., published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Maine Township covers location", well cultivated farms corn' principal crop, has one shipping station, railroad facilities, owners of land, wilmington star coal company.
Read the chapter on Maine Township - 16,283 words.
Fires near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Harrisonville between 2003 and 2018, burning about 759 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE13 |
| 13 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE12 |
| 5 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE10 |
| 29 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE11 |
| 29 April 2003 | Natural | 600 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GOOSE LAKE |
| 26 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRAACE8 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-000183 |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harrisonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohac Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrisonville in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisonville | $50,000 | There was damage to a set of portable bleachers, two portable toilets, bundles of styrofoam insolation, and four 55 gallon trash cans at the high school on Division Street. The windshield of a vehicle was broken by flying debris. Along Oak Street, from Broadway to the railroad tracks, a construction trailer was destroyed, tree limbs were blown down, a tree was uprooted, and there was minor roof damage to a house and a garage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Hill | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Coal City | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Eileen | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Gorman | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Diamond | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Central City | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Braceville | 4.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409868. 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.








