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Shetlerville, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Stone Church precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. It lies near Rich Hill. The Survey maps it on the Shetlerville quadrangle. It stands 440 feet above sea level.

Shetlerville within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Shetlerville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE SPRINGS RD.
23 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2535
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShawnee National ForestMOWER
9 March 2018Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2512
8 March 2009Naturalunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1620
6 March 1998Smoking5.0 acresShawnee National ForestJULIEN HILL
5 March 1994Debris and open burning10 acresShawnee National Forestnot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1633

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 144 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 144 workings within 5 miles of Shetlerville: 101 past producers, 22 occurrences, 15 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Alcoa Shaft Fluorspar MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Fairview-Blue Diggings FaultZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1842, 1941
HillsideLead, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1917, 1926
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorite DistrictLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, CadmiumPast ProducerFluorspar, Sphalerite, Galena
Jefferson and Humm Fluorspar MinesLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProducerFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Knight Shop & Hms PlantFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Parkinson MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Rosiclare Fluorspar - Lead - Zinc DistrictLead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Iron, Barium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer1839, 1870
Rosiclare Manganese MillManganeseProducer
Southern Illinois DistrictSilver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast ProducerREPLACEMENT

Every working recorded in Hardin 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
Humm Wye2.1 miles24
Fairview2.9 miles24
Mineral City (historical)3.2 miles24
Rosiclare3.3 miles24
Eichorn4.2 miles24
Elizabethtown5.5 miles24
Hicks7.9 miles22
Gross9.4 miles22

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 ShetlervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7495672The 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 425480. 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.