Kedron, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Eagle Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62934. It lies near Burnt Shanty Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
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 Equality 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 Equality quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Kedron between 1994 and 2020, burning about 735 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.2 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GAPE HOLLOW |
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | EAGLE |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BARRETT |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Shawnee National Forest | CAMPFIRE II |
| 13 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | HIGH KNOB TRAIL |
| 26 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | SNOW CONE STAND |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OTHER FIRE 1 |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OTHER FIRE 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kedron: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kedron in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Kedron | $35,000 | An EF-2 tornado, with estimated peak winds of 115mph for the Gallatin County portion of the tornado and the tornado as a whole, began in far southeast Saline County and then crossed into southern Gallatin County along a 10 mile path. The most severe damage occurred near the start of the path along Gape Hollow Road, Forest Road, and Barrett Cemetery Roads, where several trees were snapped and wooden power poles were broken. The tornado then weakened to EF-0 intensity as it moved east across|IL-1 near the Gibsonia community. The tornado lifted shy of of the Ohio River at Jester Road. This was the third tornado to be produced by the supercell that had developed the Williamson County EF-4 tornado earlier in the evening. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Gibsonia | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Equality | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Lawler | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Junction | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bowlesville (historical) | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Shawneetown | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Ridgway | 10.2 miles | 18 |
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 Kedron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6382620 | 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 422859. 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.











