BlockPershing, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Denning Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62896. The Survey maps it on the West Frankfort quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS West Frankfort 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
- 1963 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pershing between 2010 and 2013, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10211 |
| 8 June 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13111 |
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10088 |
| 10 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10084 |
| 5 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10044 |
| 7 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10301 |
| 14 November 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13203 |
| 8 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10236 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Frankfort | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cambon | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Plumfield | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Orient | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Creek | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Frankfort | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Deering City | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Zeigler | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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 Pershing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888490 | 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 415570. 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.