Lithia, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Shelbyville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62565. The Survey maps it on the Middlesworth quadrangle.

Lithia within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1947 USGS Stewardson quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Stewardson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Middlesworth quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Middlesworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1999 USGS Middlesworth quadrangle1:24000

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Shelbyville township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Wilber Broughton

Death came to Wilher Broughton, a valiant and patriotic son of Shelby county, on the battlefield in France, where he was serving as a messenger and scout in the United States army. On the night of July 19, 1918, he was wounded, and removed to a hospital at Oise, France. Six days later, or on July 25, he died from the effects of the machine gun bullet.

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In the county-history sources

35,144 words on this township

Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Shelbyville Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Shelbyville Township - 35,144 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lithia in 2013, burning about 116 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
Debris and open burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
5 April 2013	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	130023
4 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	130022
3 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	130021
23 March 2013	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	130016

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lithia: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
	S & V Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Shelby County Hiwy Dept Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Middlesworth	1.1 miles	14
Shelbyville	4.1 miles	14
Rennerville	5.2 miles	14
Duvall	5.2 miles	14
Windsor	6.6 miles	12
Findlay	6.8 miles	11
Strasburg	7.4 miles	12
South Strasburg	7.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422916. 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.