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Tunnel Hill, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Tunnel Hill precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62972. The Survey maps it on the Creal Springs quadrangle.

Tunnel Hill within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 186 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestPARKER CITY
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShawnee National ForestDUTCHMAN
28 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShawnee National ForestBOTTOMS
27 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestJUNCTION FALLS RD
23 May 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestCOPPERHEAD ROAD
28 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresShawnee National ForestBUCK
25 April 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresShawnee National ForestCOPPERHEAD
17 April 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresShawnee National ForestNAVAJO LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tunnel Hill: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead. 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
Shawnee Low Interest Fluorine DepositBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Caseyville Sandstone Deposit 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fluorine OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorine OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Tunnel Hill Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunnel Hill in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2004Tornado (F1)Tunnel Hill$50,000This tornado touched down less than ten minutes after an earlier tornado in northern Johnson County lifted. Both tornadoes were produced by the same supercell thunderstorm. The tornado tracked entirely across Shawnee National Forest land, causing extensive tree damage. Near the touchdown point, a mobile home was destroyed, and another mobile home was damaged. In the community of Ozark, the general store received extensive roof damage. Branches were blown down in the community, and large trees were down 1 to 2 miles east of Ozark. The tornado strengthened to F-2 intensity after crossing into Pope County.
April 1996Flash FloodTunnel Hill$50,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTunnel Hill$30,000A barn was scattered across U.S. Highway 45. Several roads were closed due to trees across them.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Tunnel Hill$5,000The brief touchdown occurred just east of Tunnel Hill. Numerous trees were down, and a garage was damaged.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTunnel Hill$3,000A few trees were down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindTunnel Hill$2,000State police estimated winds of 60 to 70 MPH. A tree was blown onto power lines on U.S. Route 45. One mile south of Ozark, the roof of an older commercial garage was damaged.
July 2012HailTunnel Hill-The hail fell off and on for up to 15 minutes.
July 2012HailTunnel Hill-A severe thunderstorm, producing hail slightly larger than golf balls, drifted slowly south across Tunnel Hill. The slow movement of the storm caused a rather long duration of hail.
July 2023HailTunnel Hill-no account filed
March 2012HailTunnel Hill-no account filed
April 2005HailTunnel Hill-no account filed
May 2004HailTunnel Hill-no account filed
May 2003HailTunnel Hill-no account filed
May 2002HailTunnel Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Sandburn1.0 miles19
Reynoldsburg3.4 miles19
Parker3.8 miles19
Stringtown (historical)3.8 miles20
Ozark4.2 miles19
Cross Roads (historical)5.1 miles20
Wagon Creek Heaven5.2 miles20
Egyptian Hills5.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425572. 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.