Hudgens, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Southern precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62959. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1925 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Marion 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
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hudgens between 1993 and 2016, burning about 40 acres in total. 2 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 | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | GRASS |
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | MILE MARKER 48 |
| 11 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | AREA6 |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | MILE MARKER 47 |
| 14 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | ALUM |
| 14 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | AREA 6 |
| 14 May 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | ILLHWY148 |
| 4 April 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | OGDEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudgens in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Hail | Hudgens | $50,000 | A supercell thunderstorm entered southern Williamson County near the Lake of Egypt. Hail up to baseball size occurred on the north side of Lake of Egypt, near Hudgens. In the city of Marion, hail up to the size of quarters fell. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Hudgens | - | Dime-size hail was reported in the Lake of Egypt area. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudgens | - | Gusts around 65 MPH were observed just north of the Lake of Egypt. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Hudgens | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neilson | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Sunset Harbor | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Estates | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Chamness (historical) | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| North Shoreline | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Woodland Hills | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fopal | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Crestwood | 3.5 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hudgens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888498 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422826. 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.











