Johannisburg, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johannisburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62214. The Survey maps it on the Venedy quadrangle.

Johannisburg within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1910 USGS Okawville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1940 USGS Okawville quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Venedy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

2,339 words on this township

History of Washington County, Illinois, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Johannisburg Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Johannisburg Township - 2,339 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Johannisburg in 2008, burning about 21 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
26 June 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	LINTKER
27 November 2008	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	STINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Johannisburg: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	W.Elkhorn Creek Clay Exposure	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johannisburg in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Johannisburg	-	Widespread wind damage occurred across most of Washington County. As the severe storm moved into the western portions of the county, several outbuildings and barns sustained major damage about 2 miles southwest of Johannisburg, along Illinois Route 15. In Johannisburg, the steeple on St. Johns Evangelical Church was blown over onto the roof of the main church building causing catastrophic damage. In Venedy, widespread tree damage around town, a grain bin was damaged, as well as several power lines blown down. Three miles south southeast of Venedy, at the intersection of County Road 12 and Stone Church Road, a training center sustained major roof damage. About 3 miles south southwest of Okawville, a large barn was destroyed. Then just southwest of Okawville, multiple large treetops were snapped off and a barn and a machine shed were destroyed. Along County Highway 13, south of Okawville, two small barns were destroyed and two grain bins sustained minor damage. In Addieville, there was widespread tree and power line damage, as well as roof damage to a local business. As the storm moved into the Nashville area, numerous trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines were blown down. One house sustained moderate roof damage due to a fallen tree. Also, a local business sustained roof damage with water causing interior damage as well. In Ashley, there was widespread tree, tree limbs and power lines blown down. One large tree fell onto a house causing moderate roof damage. Also, a number of trees were blown down onto Illinois Route 15. In Radom, a large tree was blown down onto a garage, destroying it. No deaths or injuries were reported.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Venedy	0.8 miles	11
Stone Church	2.8 miles	11
Lively Grove	5.8 miles	10
Caspars	5.8 miles	11
Biddleborn	6.2 miles	11
Okawville	6.4 miles	11
Plum Hill	7.8 miles	10
Elkton	8.2 miles	10

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.

Wikidata item Q122544609

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 411131. 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.