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Hartsville, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Golconda No. 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62947. It stands on East Fork Little Lusk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herod quadrangle.

Hartsville within Pope 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Hartsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOAK ROAD
20 August 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1730
22 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestGAP LAKE
14 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestONE HORES GAP
4 May 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestDOG HOLLOW
8 April 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresShawnee National ForestTOM ROSE
7 April 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresShawnee National ForestHOBBS ROAD
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresShawnee National ForestONE HORSE GAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Hartsville: 49 past producers, 22 occurrences, 21 prospects, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead. 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
Gaskins MineLead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1865
Hamilton Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1965
Henson MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerUnderground
Mcclellan MineZincPast Producer
Southern Illinois DistrictSilver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast ProducerREPLACEMENT
Bethel Sandstone Exposure 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Empire-O.Crabb-Red ExtentionFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1863
Gaskins MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Herod Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Rose CreekZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadProducer1910

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Oak3.4 miles21
Lusk3.7 miles24
Leisure City3.8 miles24
Herod3.9 miles22
Julien Hill4.2 miles24
Raum5.4 miles21
Delwood5.6 miles21
Eddyville6.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 424969. 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.