Old Brownfield, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Golconda No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. It lies near Deputy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Brownfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1917 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 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
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Old Brownfield between 1994 and 2012, burning about 222 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Shawnee National Forest | WALTERSBURG |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | MILLSTONE |
| 26 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | POPE |
| 8 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SHEDVILLE |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1618 |
| 6 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 25 March 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | LAKE GLENDALE |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1631 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Old Brownfield: 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1 | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Brownfield Sanstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Mermet Quarry No. 10 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownfield | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hodgeville | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Waltersburg | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Perkins (historical) | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Holmes Corner | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Allens Spring | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Homberg | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rising Sun | 3.5 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122546931 | 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 425270. 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.











