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Robbs, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Webster No. 5 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62985. It sits by Millstone Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Robbs within Pope 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Robbs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestJACKSON FALLS CAMPFIRE #2
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestJACKSON FALLS CAMPFIRE 1
27 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE 2
26 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestMCCONNEL
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestMILLSTONE
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.2 acresShawnee National ForestSUGAR CREEK
12 August 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee National ForestBELLSMITH SPRINGS
11 August 2012Recreation and ceremony12 acresShawnee National ForestFALLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Robbs: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Dixon Springs Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robbs in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 hail. 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
May 2003HailRobbs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Glendale1.5 miles19
Rock5.3 miles21
Dixon Springs5.4 miles19
Watkins Ford6.4 miles20
McCormick6.5 miles20
Eddyville6.5 miles21
Allens Spring6.6 miles21
Abbot6.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416748. 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.