Renault, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Precinct 9. The Survey maps it on the Renault quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1915 USGS Renault quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Renault quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Renault quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Renault quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Renault between 2007 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-00019 |
| 12 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000024 |
| 9 June 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ELMER SCHUTHEIS |
| 5 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HENERFAULT |
| 5 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HENERFAULT |
| 17 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2000005 |
| 25 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ESCHMANN |
| 14 March 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 190006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Renault: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Du Rocher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Solvay Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stotz Quarry Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Renault in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renault | $200 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. A roof and barn were also damaged southeast of Waterloo. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renault | - | A large pine tree was split in half and several power lines were blown down around town. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Renault | - | A discrete thunderstorm that produced up to 1.50 inch hail in Jefferson County, MO, weakened as it crossed the Mississippi River. It quickly regained strength and produced up to 1.75 inch hail in and around the towns of Renault and Ames. This storm would go on to produce hail in Randolph County. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Renault | - | The public reported 3/4 inch hail that covered the ground. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Renault | - | A tornado formed near the intersection of Carr and Faust in eastern Monroe County and caused damage along a 4 mile path northeast to Ames Road. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off near the ground, several grain silos were destroyed, a barn lost half of its roof, and a home suffered minor roof damage. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Renault | - | An aerial survey conducted by members of the BAMEX (Bow Echo and Convective Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment) project revealed a small tornado occurred in a rural area near Renault. Damage was limited to a path of downed trees. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Renault | - | Dollar size hail was reported in Renault. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Renault | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renault | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renault | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renault | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Renault | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7312718 | 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 416521. 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.









