BlockReeds Station, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1987. It stands in De Soto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62924. The Survey maps it on the De Soto quadrangle. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1910 USGS Herrin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Herrin quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
45 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Reeds Station between 1993 and 2019, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 27 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | GOBPOINT |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | GREENBRIAR |
| 8 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | COSPILLWAY |
| 3 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10163 |
| 7 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10137 |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10136 |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | SPILLWAY |
| 24 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | 13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Reeds Station: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale City Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Carbondale | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Southern Hills | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Ward | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Evergreen Terrace | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Boskydell | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hallidayboro | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Carbon | 8.7 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 Reeds Station | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888476 | 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 416496. 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.