BlockWilderman, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Smithton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62221. The Survey maps it on the Freeburg quadrangle.
On record in Wilderman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Turkey Hill Grange Halllisted 2016 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS New Athens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Freeburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS New Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Freeburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wilderman in 2010, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BELVDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wilderman: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| St. Clair County Highway Department | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilderman in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilderman | - | Thunderstorm winds split a large tree near it's base about 3 miles north northwest of Freeburg. It was leaning on a house causing moderate damage. About a mile west of Mascoutah, numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilderman | - | A tornado touched down around a quarter of a mile southwest of the Illinois Route 13/15 and Jefferson Road intersection, where it uprooted or snapped off several large trees. It traveled to the north northeast and crossed Illinois Route 13/15, moving through the Maple Hills Subdivision. In this area it caused minor to moderate roof damage to several homes. It then moved into the Orchards Golf Club where it caused minor damage to a couple of homes and either uprooted or snapped off several large trees. The tornado then lifted and dissipated on the northern end of the golf club. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeburg | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Rentchler | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Belleville | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Douglas | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Miller | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shiloh Station | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Swansea | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Smithton | 5.3 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554033 | 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 426572. 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.