Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“The John Dupont House is a historic house located at 130 West 5th Street in New Burnside, Illinois. John Dupont, an early settler of New Burnside who later became Johnson County Commissioner, built the house in 1872.”
Wikipedia article John Dupont House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of John Dupont House between 1996 and 2019, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PARKER CITY |
| 13 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13165 |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | NINE ELEVEN FIRE |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10165 |
| 27 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | JUNCTION FALLS RD |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Shawnee National Forest | DRY FORK |
| 18 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Shawnee National Forest | OLD JACKSON PLACE |
| 17 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Shawnee National Forest | NAVAJO LANE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of John Dupont House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treadwater Shale Quarry | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Burnside, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Hail | New Burnside | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Burnside | $60,000 | Numerous trees were down across northern and eastern parts of the county. Two garages were heavily damaged, along with some structural damage to five homes. Trees blocked twelve county roads and U.S. Highway 45. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Burnside | $50,000 | Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down. At least one tree was uprooted, and it landed on a house. A mobile home was extensively damaged by a fallen tree limb. The county road department cleared roads of downed trees. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Burnside | $7,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2014 | Funnel Cloud | New Burnside | - | A large funnel cloud was reported one mile east of U.S. Highway 45. |
| March 2012 | Hail | New Burnside | - | Golf ball size hail was reported. |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | New Burnside | - | Water covered a road. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Burnside | - | Trees were down, mainly in northeast Johnson County around New Burnside. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Burnside | - | A spotter reported trees over the road. |
| May 2023 | Hail | New Burnside | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | New Burnside | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | New Burnside | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | New Burnside | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000979 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Johnson County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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