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Madonnaville, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Precinct 23. It lies in ZIP code area 62298. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Madonnaville within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

41 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Madonnaville between 2008 and 2020, burning about 208 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION PACIFIC
16 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-000022
1 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBAUM
6 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesVAL 1
11 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesKOCH
6 May 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0004
29 April 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources42918
20 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Madonnaville: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia Quarry No. 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia Quarry No. 5Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Valmeyer No 3 Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madonnaville in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Madonnaville$75,000The tornado touched down at 8:00 PM along Koch Road, southeast of Madonnaville, and moved northeast, producing minor damage to a home and an outbuilding along Rock Road. Further to the northeast along LRC Road the tornado overturned an outbuilding and caused tree damage. More tree damage and minor outbuilding roof damage occurred along JJ road as the tornado tracked northeast between Wartburg and Burksville. The tornado moved into southern Waterloo and produced minor roof damage to one of the greenhouses at Waterloo High School before turning to the east and damaging power poles along Highway 156. The power pole damage was the worst damage and winds were estimated as high as 100 mph (EF-1). The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter at 8:07 PM.The tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 7.33 miles and a maximum path width of 100 yards.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindMadonnaville-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and tree limbs at a residence on Ahne Road just northeast of intersection with Kk Road. Also, a small portion of an outbuilding roof was torn off. Further to the east a large section of tree was blown down next to a mobile home.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Monroe City1.2 miles26
Woodville (historical)1.5 miles26
Maeystown2.9 miles18
Valmeyer3.2 miles26
Wartburg3.2 miles19
Foster Pond (historical)3.4 miles19
Chalfin Bridge3.8 miles19
Burksville5.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 412840. 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.