Mitchellsville, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62917. It stands on Old Channel. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1925 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Mitchellsville between 1994 and 2017, burning about 131 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OAK ROAD |
| 29 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | TOM DICK HILL 1 |
| 15 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BEECH HOLLOW |
| 7 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PEAK |
| 7 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BLACKMAN HILL |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
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 Mitchellsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg Grick and Tile Co. Clay | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchellsville in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsville | $75,000 | An Eagle Coal metal structure collapsed as a result of rear flank downdraft winds just south of a tornado track. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Mitchellsville | $10,000 | An EF-1 tornado damaged trees in a 6.78 mile long path across southeast Saline County, Illinois. No structural damage was reported. Estimated peak winds were 88 mph. This was the second tornado to form from the supercell that produced an EF-4 in Williamson County, IL. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsville | $8,000 | Trees were blown down, causing power outages. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchellsville | $3,000 | Multiple trees snapped at the ground as a thunderstorm line moved through the area. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Mitchellsville | - | Approximately 8-10 of moving water was flowing across IL-145 south of Harrisburg. Radar estimated rainfall reached 1-2 in the area. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mitchellsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saline Valley Store (historical) | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Rudement | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Pankeyville | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Somerset | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Ledford | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Whitesville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Dorrisville | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Garden Heights | 4.8 miles | 20 |
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 Mitchellsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6881488 | 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 413689. 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.












