Jonesville, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaSalle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61348. It stands on Vermilion River. The Survey maps it on the La Salle quadrangle. It stands 518 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1893 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1893 USGS Lasalle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,263 words on this townshipHistory of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on LaSalle Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on LaSalle Township - 2,263 words.
Fires near this place
37 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Jonesville between 2008 and 2019, burning about 305 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 210 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I&M |
| 3 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-00092 |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1063 |
| 25 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10118 |
| 2 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1060 |
| 6 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-00080 |
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-00089 |
| 29 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000082 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Jonesville: 8 producers, 8 past producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasalle City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unimin Utica Plant & Pit | Silica | Plant | ||
| Boehm No. 1 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Boehm No. 2 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Alpha Cement Pitmertel Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bailey Falls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C. Locke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vermillion Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wetherby Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Hail | Jonesville | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Interstate 39 near exit 57. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piety Hill | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Oglesby | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Little Rock (historical) | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| La Salle | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Park | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Bailey Falls (historical) | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Peru | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Utica | 3.8 miles | 21 |
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 Jonesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104158480 | 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 411231. 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.









