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Tatumville, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Tamms precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62988. It lies near Hogskin Bottoms. The Survey maps it on the Mill Creek quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Tatumville within Alexander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Tatumville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 were 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural1
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
9 April 2001Debris and open burning60 acresShawnee National ForestDOWN UNDER
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresShawnee National ForestDELTA ROAD
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarism28 acresShawnee National ForestPIGEON
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee National ForestOPOSSUM TROT RD
2 April 2013Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresShawnee National ForestDELTA
12 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresShawnee National ForestSTARRY NIGHT
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresShawnee National ForestTAMMS OLIVE
7 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCypress Creek National Wildlife RefugeRIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alexander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Tatumville: 14 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Absorbent Clay Products PitClayProducer
Burk Mine Tammsco Inc.StonePast Producer
Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceSedimentary
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Moad MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Illinois Minerals Co Mine No. 16SilicaPast Producer
Unimin PlantSilicaProducer
Unimin Plant & MillSilicaProducer
Jordan Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jordan R&S Quarry Markgraf MatlsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Alexander County

Storms near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tatumville in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1996Thunderstorm WindTatumville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alexander 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
Tamms1.6 miles22
Diswood2.9 miles22
Elco3.0 miles24
Dawleys3.2 miles22
Sandusky3.8 miles22
Clank5.4 miles22
Hodges Park7.0 miles22
Olive Branch7.2 miles22

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 Q7688517The 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 423232. 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.