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Humm Wye, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Stone Church precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. It lies near Melcher Hills. The Survey maps it on the Shetlerville quadrangle. It stands 446 feet above sea level.

Humm Wye within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Humm Wye between 1994 and 2019, burning about 188 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestMOWER
22 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestGAP LAKE
14 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestONE HORES GAP
15 April 1995Arson/incendiarism20 acresShawnee National ForestROGERTOWN II
9 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestSECTION 8
6 March 2010Debris and open burning35 acresShawnee National ForestHICKS
6 March 1998Smoking5.0 acresShawnee National ForestJULIEN HILL
5 March 1994Debris and open burning10 acresShawnee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 181 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 181 workings within 5 miles of Humm Wye: 126 past producers, 27 occurrences, 21 prospects, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Basal Springville Shale OutcropClayProspect
Fairview-Blue Diggings FaultZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1842, 1941
Gaskins MineLead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1865
Henson MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerUnderground
HillsideLead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1917, 1926
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite DistrictLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, CadmiumPast ProducerFluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena
Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar MinesLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Knight Shop & Hms PlantFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Parkinson MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Rosiclare Fluorspar - Lead - Zinc DistrictLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Iron, Barium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer1839, 1870

Every working recorded in Hardin 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
Shetlerville2.1 miles24
Eichorn2.1 miles24
Fairview4.0 miles24
Rosiclare4.1 miles24
Mineral City (historical)4.5 miles24
Elizabethtown5.5 miles24
Hicks5.9 miles22
Gross7.9 miles22

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 Humm WyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5940911The 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 425021. 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.