McClure, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in McClure precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62957. It lies near Picayune Island. The Survey maps it on the McClure quadrangle. 256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
On record in McClure
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
Thomas J. and Caroline McClure Houselisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresMcClure fell from 402 to 256 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 | 402 | |
| 2020 | 256 | -146 (-36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 25 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.
- 1920 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of McClure between 1996 and 2018, burning about 257 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Shawnee National Forest | MUD PUPPY |
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | SEXTON CREEK |
| 8 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Shawnee National Forest | REIMAN |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PIGEON |
| 25 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | GALE |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Shawnee National Forest | REIMANN ROAD |
| 8 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BEAN RIDGE |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OLD DELTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of McClure: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Silica | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Cape Giradeau Sand Co Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dredge # 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Birk 2a Pit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Birk No. 2 Pit | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Birk No. 2 Pit | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Birk No. 2a Pit | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Moad Mines | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thebes Sandstone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McClure in 1 storm report in 1993: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | McClure | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cape Girardeau | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Gale | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Thebes | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Diswood | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Elco | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Tatumville | 9.1 miles | 24 | |
| Dawleys | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Tamms | 10.3 miles | 22 |
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 McClure | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7999352 | 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 413206. 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.
















