BlockSmithville, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Orel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62828. The Survey maps it on the Wayne City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1947 USGS Wayne City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Wayne City quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Smithville in 2008, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 56 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayberry | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Middleton | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wayne City | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Keenes | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sims | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Campbell | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Keenesville | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cincinnati | 9.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423189. 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.