Stubblefield, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62246. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Creek quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Beaver Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stubblefield between 2009 and 2014, burning about 48 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13124 |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13117 |
| 20 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13073 |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14054 |
| 6 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STEELE |
| 30 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14074 |
| 23 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14067 |
| 23 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PRATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stubblefield: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Buehne Supply Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| R. M. Rench Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stubblefield in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dudleyville | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Greenville | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pocahontas | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pierron | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Old Ripley | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Beaver Creek | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Smithboro | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Durley | 7.9 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Stubblefield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7627341 | 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 423215. 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.






