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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 25 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.
- 1920 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS McClure quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2002 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | RED FOX |
| 18 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | MATTRESS |
| 17 April 2001 | Natural | 19 acres | Shawnee National Forest | FLICKEN |
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Shawnee National Forest | STRAIGHT UP |
| 12 April 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OTTER |
| 10 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | HARRISON |
| 1 April 2001 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | LOOK OUT |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OLD DELTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birk No. 2 Pit | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Birk No. 2 Pit | Diatomite | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynoldsville | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were down across a road. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Reynoldsville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Flood | Reynoldsville | - | 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reynoldsville | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Reynoldsville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Landing | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Valley Mission | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Pottsville | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Ware | 5.6 miles | 25 | |
| Springville | 6.8 miles | 24 | |
| Dutch Mills | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Mill Creek | 7.8 miles | 24 | |
| Berryville | 8.4 miles | 24 |
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.
















