Kingston, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Beverly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62347. The Survey maps it on the Richfield quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 2009 and 2015, burning about 63 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KLINE |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | READIN |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HENSON |
| 27 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 4272015 |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BOONE |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 3312015 |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 3282015 |
| 23 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 3232015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kingston: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Plant #12 & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and branches onto the roadway near the intersection of State Highway 104 and East 2400th Street southeast of Liberty. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston | - | Thunderstorm winds blew off part of the roof of a large shed on the southwest side of Kingston. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Kingston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chestline | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Richfield | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Valley | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Plainville | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kellerville | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Adams | 9.6 miles | 11 |
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 Kingston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4220757 | 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 411517. 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.





