BlockPetrolia, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Petty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62417. The Survey maps it on the Chauncey quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1910 USGS Hardinville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Chauncey quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
9,117 words on this townshipCombined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Petty Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Petty Township - 9,117 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Petrolia in 2008, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GOSNELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petrolia in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petrolia | $80,000 | A large tree was blown down onto power lines...taking down a half mile stretch of lines. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petrolia | $20,000 | Several large trees were blown down in Petrolia. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Petrolia | - | At approximately 0133 CST on 6/10, Lawrence County emergency managers reported a 100 yard wide levee failure along the Embarras River just northwest of Lawrenceville. This break led to widespread flooding downstream across much of eastern Lawrence County. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petrolia | - | Several power lines were blown down 1 mile north of Petrolia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applegate | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bridgeport | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Westport | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Charlottsville (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sumner | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lawrenceville | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Grisold (historical) | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pinkstaff | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Petrolia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7178987 | 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 415592. 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.