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.
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 Herod 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 Herod quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OAK ROAD |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1730 |
| 22 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | GAP LAKE |
| 14 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | ONE HORES GAP |
| 4 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | DOG HOLLOW |
| 8 April 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Shawnee National Forest | TOM ROSE |
| 7 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | HOBBS ROAD |
| 24 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Shawnee National Forest | ONE HORSE GAP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 97 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaskins Mine | Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Hamilton Plant Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1965 | |
| Henson Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Mcclellan Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Illinois District | Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Past Producer | REPLACEMENT | |
| Bethel Sandstone Exposure 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Empire-O.Crabb-Red Extention | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Gaskins Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Herod Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Rose Creek | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Producer | 1910 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Lusk | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Leisure City | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Herod | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Julien Hill | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Raum | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Delwood | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Eddyville | 6.1 miles | 21 |
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.











