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Waltersburg, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Golconda No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62938. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Waltersburg quadrangle.

Waltersburg within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Waltersburg between 1994 and 2018, burning about 402 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use20 acresShawnee National ForestWALTERSBURG
3 August 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources290
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPOPE
19 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1729
10 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1719
9 March 2018Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2512
8 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresShawnee National ForestSHEDVILLE
6 March 1994Debris and open burning13 acresShawnee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope 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 Waltersburg: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Little Jean MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1918, 1922
Little Jean MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Golconda Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waltersburg in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 tornado. 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
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Waltersburg$40,000A tornado occurred in the Shawnee National Forest north-northwest of Golconda. The tornado began along Clark Road and tracked northeast, ending northeast of the Highway 146/Buschwack Road junction. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. A home lost some shingles, and a small shed lost part of its roof. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Rising Sun2.1 miles21
Old Brownfield2.2 miles21
Hodgeville2.3 miles21
Brownfield3.2 miles21
Rock3.7 miles21
Homberg3.8 miles21
Golconda4.2 miles23
Perkins (historical)4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425615. 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.