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Reynoldsville, Illinois

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Union precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62952. It lies near Swiftsure Towhead. The Survey maps it on the McClure quadrangle.

Reynoldsville within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Reynoldsville between 1993 and 2014, burning about 144 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
4 July 2002Fireworks1.0 acresShawnee National ForestRED FOX
18 April 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestMATTRESS
17 April 2001Natural19 acresShawnee National ForestFLICKEN
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresShawnee National ForestSTRAIGHT UP
12 April 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresShawnee National ForestOTTER
10 April 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresShawnee National ForestHARRISON
1 April 2001Fireworks4.0 acresShawnee National ForestLOOK OUT
6 March 2012Debris and open burning18 acresShawnee National ForestOLD DELTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reynoldsville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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
Birk No. 2 PitDiatomiteProducer
Birk No. 2 PitDiatomiteProducer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

5 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reynoldsville in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Thunderstorm WindReynoldsville$50,000Trees and power lines were down across a road.
January 1999Tornado (F2)Reynoldsville$20,000no account filed
December 2015FloodReynoldsville-Major flooding of the Mississippi River began by the end of the month. The record crest did not occur until January. Widespread flooding of low-lying areas occurred in December.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindReynoldsville-no account filed
September 1993HailReynoldsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Hamburg Landing2.9 miles25
Valley Mission3.0 miles24
Pottsville4.3 miles24
Ware5.6 miles25
Springville6.8 miles24
Dutch Mills7.3 miles24
Mill Creek7.8 miles24
Berryville8.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423110. 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.