Perkins, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Webster No. 5 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. It stands on Root Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Reevesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Perkins within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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.

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 quadrangle1:62500
1962 USGS Reevesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1996 USGS Reevesville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Perkins (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 100 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Fireworks	1
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
23 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Shawnee National Forest	MILLSTONE
21 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	RENSHAW
20 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	4.2 acres	Shawnee National Forest	SUGAR CREEK
4 July 2007	Fireworks	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	FIRECRACKER
6 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	RAILROAD
9 April 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	23
22 April 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Shawnee National Forest	RAILROAD
12 April 2014	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Shawnee National Forest	FRANKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Perkins (historical): 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
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

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Allens Spring	0.9 miles	21
Renshaw	1.5 miles	21
Dixon Springs	2.1 miles	19
Holmes Corner	2.4 miles	21
Brownfield	2.4 miles	21
Old Brownfield	2.9 miles	21
Temple Hill	3.6 miles	21
Rock	4.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736120. 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.