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Saint Joe, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Precinct 23. It lies in ZIP code area 62298. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Renault quadrangle.

Saint Joe 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

20 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Saint Joe between 2009 and 2020, burning about 139 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 July 2013Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-00008
16 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-000022
9 June 2017Smoking5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesELMER SCHUTHEIS
6 May 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0004
5 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHENERFAULT
20 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0008
17 April 2020Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2000005
12 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCLARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Saint Joe: 1 past producer, 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
Columbia Quarry No. 5Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quality Stone Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Burksville2.4 miles19
Tipton2.8 miles16
Burksville Station3.1 miles18
Lemens3.5 miles19
Maeystown4.3 miles18
Wartburg4.6 miles19
Madonnaville5.4 miles19
Renault5.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423147. 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.