Thomasville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Bois D'Arc Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62690. The Survey maps it on the Farmersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1923 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Farmersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Thomasville in 2008, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILE 82 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| White Oak | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Waggoner | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harvel | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Zanesville | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Raymond | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Shop Creek | 14.8 miles | 10 | |
| Barnett | 15.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423238. 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.





