BlockStolletown, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wheatfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62231. The Survey maps it on the Stolletown quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1910 USGS Carlyle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Carlyle quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Stolletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stolletown in 2014, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Stolletown: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stolletown in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stolletown | $210,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Lightning | Stolletown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stolletown | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged trees and outbuildings. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Stolletown | - | Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Portions of Old U.S. Highway 50 just west of Aviston were flooded, as well as, several secondary roads. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Stolletown | - | Up to three inches fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Illinois Route 127 north of Carlyle and U.S. Highway 50 near Huey. |
| October 2000 | Hail | Stolletown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frogtown | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marydale | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fremont (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jamestown | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Rose | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Beckemeyer | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Snearlyville | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Carlyle | 6.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q7620534 | 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 419158. 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.