BlockFrom the record
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1978 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Maeystown Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The listing
- Address. SR 7, Maeystown, 62244
- When was it listed? June 1978
- Category. district
- Precinct. Precinct 23
- National Register reference number. 78001174 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
47 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Maeystown Historic District between 2008 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 62220 |
| 13 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-00019 |
| 6 July 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-00008 |
| 16 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-000022 |
| 1 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BAUM |
| 9 June 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ELMER SCHUTHEIS |
| 8 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UP |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KOCH |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maeystown Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Quarry No. 5 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maeystown, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Maeystown | - | A swath of large hail, up to golfball size, fell across Monroe County between Maeystown and Hecker. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | A 30 foot tree was split in half by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and numerous tree limbs in Maeystown and areas just to the northeast of town. A couple of sheds sustained minor damage. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Maeystown | - | Flash flooding occurred over parts of Western Monroe County. Four feet of water was reported over Maeystown Road by the Sheriff Department. Several small creeks and drainage ditches in the area flooded. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maeystown | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fountain Creek Bridge | 7.2 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78001174 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.