Tansill, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Golconda No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. The Survey maps it on the Brownfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1917 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Tansill between 1994 and 2018, burning about 150 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 290 |
| 19 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1729 |
| 20 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 251110-22 |
| 24 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1635 |
| 23 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Shawnee National Forest | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1629 |
| 22 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Shawnee National Forest | CROMEENES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tansill: 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medeker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bay City Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Bay City Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Compton Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Compton Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Little Jean Mine | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1918, 1922 | |
| Little Jean Mine | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Bethel Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Golconda Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tansill in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Flood | Tansill | $10,000 | Minor flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Golconda river gage, the river crested at 48.60 feet on the 20th. Flood stage is 40 feet. A few families evacuated their homes in an area known as Hall Town. Large areas of agricultural land were flooded. Crop losses were negligible since planting was not yet underway.This flood was nearly identical to the flood crest of March, 2008. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homberg | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hodgeville | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Rosebud | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Lewis Corner | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Bay City | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Brownfield | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Old Brownfield | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Temple Hill | 4.9 miles | 21 |
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 Q122598471 | 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 425549. 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.











