West Vienna, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Elvira precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62995. The Survey maps it on the Vienna quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1918 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of West Vienna between 2008 and 2017, burning about 98 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2012 | Smoking | 12 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MAZE |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PISGAH1 |
| 9 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CHARLES PROCTOR |
| 9 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13007 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 9 |
| 28 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DAVIS1 |
| 24 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WILDCAT |
| 15 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MURPHY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Vienna: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Johnson Cty Hwy Dept Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Illinois Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Vienna City Eng Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Vienna in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2012: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Vienna | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down west of the city limits. There was an unconfirmed report of a measured wind gust to 104 mph in the area. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Vienna | $3,000 | Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highways 37 and 146. |
| October 2012 | Hail | West Vienna | - | Wind gusts to 45 mph were reported at the same location. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | West Vienna | - | A photograph of an apparent funnel cloud was taken near West Vienna. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Vienna | - | A couple of trees were down near Route 146. |
| March 2005 | Hail | West Vienna | - | Golf-ball size hail was reported at the intersection of Highways 146 and 37 and in Buncombe. |
| June 2010 | Hail | West Vienna | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | West Vienna | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Vienna | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Omar | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Cypress | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bloomfield | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bender (historical) | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Elvira | 5.5 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on West Vienna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1729108 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 420941. 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.












