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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.

Renault within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 2007

Regional 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-00019
12 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000024
9 June 2017Smoking5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesELMER SCHUTHEIS
5 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHENERFAULT
5 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHENERFAULT
17 April 2020Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2000005
25 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesESCHMANN
14 March 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources190006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Prairie Du Rocher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Solvay MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stotz Quarry MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindRenault$200Large trees and power lines were blown down. A roof and barn were also damaged southeast of Waterloo.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindRenault-A large pine tree was split in half and several power lines were blown down around town.
March 2024HailRenault-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 2004HailRenault-The public reported 3/4 inch hail that covered the ground.
May 2003Tornado (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 2003Tornado (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 1998HailRenault-Dollar size hail was reported in Renault.
March 2006HailRenault-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRenault-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRenault-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRenault-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kidd3.2 miles19
Saint Philip (historical)4.1 miles19
Ames4.2 miles16
Fults4.4 miles18
Ivy5.3 miles18
Saint Joe5.6 miles18
Tipton5.9 miles16
Maeystown7.2 miles18

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 RenaultAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7312718The 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.