BlockShattuc, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meridian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62231. The Survey maps it on the Centralia West quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Centralia West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shattuc between 2010 and 2017, burning about 117 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000086 |
| 7 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRINKMANN |
| 1 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-0078 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shattuc: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jolliff Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shattuc in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shattuc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed limbs in Shattuc. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shattuc | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed 3 large barns on a farm at the intersection of Meridian Road and County Road 1500N. It was on the west side of Meridian Road in Clinton County. Meridian Road is the county line between Clinton County and Marion County. Six out of 600 cows died in one of the barns. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shattuc | - | Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of a mobile home. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shattuc | - | A microburst blew down a large oak tree onto the corner of a house, causing moderate damage. Also, several smaller evergreens and fruit trees were blown down as well. A nearby cornfield also sustained wind damage. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shattuc | - | The County Sheriff reported 2 trees down on old US-50. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shattuc | - | A NWS damage survey revealed large trees and tree branches down on the campus of Kaskaskia College. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrin | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Huey | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hoffman | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Boulder | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wamac | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Harbor Light Bay | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Panorama Hills | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Carlyle | 9.5 miles | 10 |
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 Shattuc | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7490728 | The 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 418300. 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.