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Reynoldsburg, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ozark precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62972. It stands on Ozark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Creal Springs quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.

Reynoldsburg within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Reynoldsburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 180 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
28 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestPARKER CITY
27 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE 2
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13014
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE
7 April 2004Debris and open burning65 acresShawnee National ForestDRY FORK
5 April 2013Debris and open burning9.2 acresShawnee National ForestSIMPSON FIRE
5 April 1992Arson/incendiarism20 acresShawnee National Forestnot named
3 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestOLD ZION 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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
Ozark2.0 miles19
Cross Roads (historical)3.3 miles20
Tunnel Hill3.4 miles19
Simpson3.5 miles20
Sandburn3.5 miles19
Parker4.0 miles19
New Burnside4.4 miles19
Pond5.7 miles20

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 ReynoldsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888504The 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 426937. 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.