BlockSouthmore Heights, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Mound Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62411. The Survey maps it on the Altamont East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Altamont East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Altamont East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Southmore Heights in 2004, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 March 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altamont | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| East Meadows | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Freenanton (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dexter | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmore | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Keptown | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Blue Point | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Moccasin | 6.9 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555251 | 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 1829262. 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.