Ozark, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ozark precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62972. The Survey maps it on the Creal Springs quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Marion quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Marion 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
- 1966 USGS Creal Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Creal Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Ozark between 1992 and 2019, burning about 211 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PARKER CITY |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | NINE ELEVEN FIRE |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Shawnee National Forest | DRY FORK |
| 5 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | OLD ZION 2 |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | OLD ZION |
| 22 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | DAVIS CAMP |
| 18 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OLD JACKSON PLACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ozark in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Ozark | - | Water was over U.S. Highway 45 north of Vienna. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Ozark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynoldsburg | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| New Burnside | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Parker | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sandburn | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Simpson | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Roads (historical) | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Egyptian Hills | 7.3 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 Ozark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7116469 | 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 425295. 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.
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.











