Patton, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62863. It stands on Crawfish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle.

Patton within Wabash County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1903 USGS Patoka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1904 USGS Mount Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Mount Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Mount Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Patton in 2013, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
1 December 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	1319511

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabash County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Patton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Mount Carmel Plant & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wabash County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patton in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 9 flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008	Flood	Patton	$50,000	Major flooding of the Wabash River occurred. At Mount Carmel, the river crested at 33.24 feet on the 14th. Flood stage there is 19 feet. This crest was almost one foot below the record flood crest that occurred in January of 2005. Sandbagging operations were conducted at the public utility company's substation. Debris floating in the river snapped a utility pole, causing a power outage over two hours long that affected the whole city of Mount Carmel. All unprotected flood plain areas were flooded, including the northern outskirts of Mount Carmel and eastern Wabash County. Three streets were impacted by backwater flooding of Greathouse Creek. Numerous local roads were impassable. A few evacuations were necessary. Agricultural losses were near 100 percent in areas that were not protected by levees.
March 2018	Flood	Patton	$25,000	Moderate flooding continued on the Wabash River from late February. At the Mount Carmel river gage, the river crested at 29.68 feet on the 3rd of March. Flood stage is 19 feet. This flood crest was about one foot lower then the flood of May, 2017. Extensive flooding of low-lying agricultural land occurred. Some residents along one Mt. Carmel street and another street in the Keensburg area were forced to relocate. Numerous local roads were flooded, some by several feet of water. These included County Road 1280 E and three township roads south of Illinois 1 near Keensburg.
April 2013	Flood	Patton	$20,000	Moderate flooding occurred along the Wabash River around Mt. Carmel. The crest of 30.24 feet on April 28 was the 13th highest crest in records dating back to the late 1800's. Extensive flooding occurred on the northern outskirts of Mount Carmel. Numerous local river roads were flooded. In the City of Mt. Carmel, all local roads were flooded east of the levee except for one. Old Illinois 1 north of Mt. Carmel began to flood. Some residents along a street in the Mt. Carmel area and in the Keensburg area were forced to relocate. Over 100 acres of Beall Woods State Park were flooded. The flooding continued into early May.
June 1998	Tornado (F0)	Patton	$2,000	A weak, short-lived tornado downed some trees, but no structural damage was reported.
February 2018	Flood	Patton	-	Moderate flooding developed along the Wabash River in the Mt. Carmel area. Extensive flooding of low-lying agricultural land occurred. Some residents along one Mt. Carmel street and another street in the Keensburg area were forced to relocate. Several local roads were flooded, some by several feet of water. These included County Road 1280 E and three township roads south of Illinois 1 near Keensburg. The river continued rising into March.
January 2014	Flood	Patton	-	Minor flooding lingered along the Wabash River for the first few days of 2014. Several local river roads were flooded. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Many river cabins were inaccessible.
June 2011	Flood	Patton	-	Minor flooding of the Wabash River inundated some low-lying woods and fields. A few local river roads were closed by high water. Some backwater from the Wabash River raised levels on tributary creeks such as the Bon Pas River. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Agricultural losses were significant. Farmers moved livestock to higher ground.
June 2011	Flood	Patton	-	Minor flooding continued along the Wabash River from late May. Some low-lying fields along the river were flooded. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Farmers moved livestock to higher ground. Many river cabins became inaccessible.
June 2010	Flood	Patton	-	Minor flooding of the Wabash River occurred in the Mount Carmel area. Water flowed onto several small streets and roads. A few streets were closed. A restaurant along the river also closed. Lowland flooding caused all oil field production to cease with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Backwater from the Wabash River was noted on the Bon Pas river gage near Browns Illinois. Agricultural losses were fairly significant. Many river cabins became inaccessible.
May 2020	Flood	Patton	-	no account filed
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Patton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabash County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Adams Corner	2.6 miles	18
Pohaten (historical)	2.8 miles	24
Cherry Hill Estates	3.4 miles	20
Selma (historical)	3.5 miles	24
Friendsville	3.8 miles	13
Allendale	4.1 miles	18
Odgen	4.3 miles	20
Mount Carmel	4.6 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415449. 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.