BlockSouthern Hills, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Carbondale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62901. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1922 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Southern Hills between 1995 and 2012, burning about 15 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | COSPILLWAY |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | SPILLWAY |
| 24 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | 13 |
| 15 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | MARINA |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | DREW |
| 8 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | FALCON |
| 4 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | PBU#98-02W |
| 13 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 8.8 acres | Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge | PBU#95-17W |
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 Southern Hills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale City Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Terrace | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Carbondale | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Boskydell | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Stone Fort | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Reeds Station | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Makanda | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Etherton | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Mount Carbon | 6.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815634. 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.