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Leamington, 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 62954. It stands on Hutt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle.

Leamington within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Leamington between 1995 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestMUSHROOM ROCK
21 September 2010Debris and open burning3.3 acresShawnee National ForestBARRETT
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony10 acresShawnee National ForestCAMPFIRE II
13 September 1998Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestHIGH KNOB TRAIL
26 August 1999Smokingunder an acreShawnee National ForestSNOW CONE STAND
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 1
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 4
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTHER FIRE 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Leamington: 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lee MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Knob Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
J. Love ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
J. Love ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 1ZincOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 1ZincOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 2Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Zinc Prospect No. 2Zinc, LeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Gibsonia2.4 miles22
Kedron2.6 miles22
Bowlesville (historical)5.5 miles23
Lawler6.2 miles22
Equality6.8 miles22
Junction6.9 miles23
Shawneetown8.2 miles23
Old Shawneetown9.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422904. 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.