Thomas, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in South Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60963. The Survey maps it on the Bismarck quadrangle.

Thomas within Vermilion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1933 USGS Hoopeston quadrangle1:48000
1938 USGS Hoopeston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Thomas between 2004 and 2011, burning about 39 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	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
2 July 2004	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 March 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 November 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	HAYES
7 October 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	2000
6 October 2011	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	THORNSBUSH
1 October 2011	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	NORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vermilion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thomas: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
	Allison Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Vermilion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Village of Alvan (Alvin)	4.2 miles	13
Barlow Park	4.9 miles	13
Bismarck	5.2 miles	13
Myersville (historical)	6.6 miles	12
College Corners	6.8 miles	12
Rayville	6.8 miles	12
Rossville Junction	6.9 miles	12
Moores Corner	7.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1764514. 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.