Maeystown, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Precinct 23. It lies in ZIP code area 62244. The Survey maps it on the Renault quadrangle. 150 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
On record in Maeystown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Maeystown Historic Districtlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresMaeystown fell from 157 to 150 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 157 | |
| 2020 | 150 | -7 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Renault quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Renault quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Renault quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Renault quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Maeystown between 2008 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 62220 |
| 13 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-00019 |
| 6 July 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-00008 |
| 16 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-000022 |
| 1 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BAUM |
| 9 June 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ELMER SCHUTHEIS |
| 8 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UP |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KOCH |
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 Maeystown: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry No. 5 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maeystown in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Maeystown | - | A swath of large hail, up to golfball size, fell across Monroe County between Maeystown and Hecker. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | A 30 foot tree was split in half by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous tree limbs in Maeystown and areas just to the northeast of town. A couple of sheds sustained minor damage. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Maeystown | - | Flash flooding occurred over parts of Western Monroe County. Four feet of water was reported over Maeystown Road by the Sheriff Department. Several small creeks and drainage ditches in the area flooded. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalfin Bridge | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Monroe City | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| Madonnaville | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Woodville (historical) | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Fults | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Joe | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wartburg | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ivy | 5.1 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 Maeystown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2615382 | 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 412843. 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.









