BlockPittsburg, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Seminary Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62471. The Survey maps it on the Wildcat Lake quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1945 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Wildcat Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,789 words on this townshipHistory of Fayette County, Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Seminary Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Seminary Township - 1,789 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 2009 and 2010, burning about 63 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BROWN |
| 18 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ROACH |
| 6 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JOHN |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Pittsburg | $1,000 | Three to five inches of rain fell over a short amount of time over Fayette county. Numerous secondary roads were flooded countywide. Also, a man drove his truck onto a bridge that was flooded just north of St. Elmo. The truck was then swept off the road and he had to be rescued. He was not injured. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | Thunderstorm winds downed many limbs and at least 1 large tree near Pittsburg. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a grain bin in St. Peter. Also, numerous trees and power poles were blown down across the southern half of Fayette County. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. A couple of the trees fell onto power lines, knocking them down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagarstown | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Shobonier | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Jimtown | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Vandalia | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pinhook (historical) | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Shafter | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Augsburg | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bluff City | 10.8 miles | 9 |
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 Pittsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7199170 | 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 415747. 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.