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Stringtown, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Bloomfield precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62995. The Survey maps it on the Vienna quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stringtown within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 1996 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestDUTCHMAN
29 August 2012Smoking12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMAZE
28 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShawnee National ForestBOTTOMS
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13022
25 April 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresShawnee National ForestCOPPERHEAD
9 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesCHARLES PROCTOR
4 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources9
28 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDAVIS1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead. 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
Shawnee Low Interest Fluorine DepositBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Fluorine OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorine OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Johnson Cty Hwy Dept PitStonePast Producer
Vienna City Eng PitStonePast Producer
Caseyville Sandstone Deposit 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Southern Illinois Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tunnel Hill Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Bloomfield2.0 miles20
Sandburn3.0 miles19
Pond3.7 miles20
Tunnel Hill3.8 miles19
Vienna4.6 miles20
Omar4.7 miles20
Buncombe5.0 miles20
Cross Roads (historical)5.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815900. 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.