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Vernal, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Blount Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61834. The Survey maps it on the Henning quadrangle.

Vernal within Vermilion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

In the county-history sources

14,070 words on this township

History of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Blount Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Blount Township - 14,070 words.

Fires near this place

16 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Vernal between 2004 and 2014, burning about 166 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMORRIS
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2750
3 April 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14503
3 April 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15205
24 March 2014Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesJORDAN3
22 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources16100
22 March 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 March 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

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 Vernal: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lonnas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Grumle Corner1.9 miles19
Moores Corner2.5 miles12
Jamesburg2.6 miles12
Henning2.9 miles12
Myersville (historical)3.1 miles12
Higginsville3.4 miles15
Rayville3.7 miles12
Johnsonville4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423276. 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.