Illinois Central Railroad Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“Ullin station is a former Illinois Central Railroad station located at the intersection of Central Ave. and Ullin Ave. in Ullin, Illinois. Illinois Central service to Ullin began in 1854, and two stations were constructed in 1854 and 1863, both of which were later demolished.”
Wikipedia article Ullin station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of Central Ave. and Ullin Ave., Ullin, 62992
When was it listed? August 1999
Category. building
Precinct. Ullin precinct
National Register reference number. 99000978 - 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

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Illinois Central Railroad Depot between 2006 and 2010, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	5
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
1 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	8.6 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	not named
7 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge	RIVER
6 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36 acres	Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge	CHAPEL
28 February 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge	CACHE CHAPEL ROAD
23 February 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge	CACHE
8 November 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27 acres	Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge	CACHE CHAPEL
8 November 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge	DONGOLA

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Illinois Central Railroad Depot: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Absorbent Clay Products Pit	Clay	Producer
Unimin Plant	Silica	Producer
Jordan Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jordan Trucking Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mise Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pulaski County Highway Department	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Columbia Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this property

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ullin, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	1 killed, 1 hurt, $20,000	Damaging winds crossed parts of Pulaski County, downing numerous trees. A 48-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell onto her car as she was driving on Old U.S. Highway 51 about two miles south of Ullin. At Mounds, a teenage girl was seriously injured when a tree fell on her in a city park.
March 2008	Flood	Ullin	$2,500,000	Ullin was especially hard hit. At least 50 homes in Ullin were flooded, along with the town's pump station. The town's post office and grocery store were flooded. A car was submerged up to the steering wheel. Floodwaters rushed over a bridge in Ullin. Two to three bridges were washed out. Dozens of residents of an assisted living facility were evacuated as water entered the facility. The facility sustained major damage. Flooding of the Cache River closed Shawnee College Road for several days. Most of the county back roads were closed, and other areas of the county outside Ullin were evacuated. Six apartments and two houses were flooded in Mound City. Several homes in Karnak were surrounded with water or sandbagged, mainly due to flooding of the Cache River. Portions of Route 37 and U.S. Highway 51 were closed.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	$100,000	Part of the roof was blown off a school gymnasium, with some damage to at least one wall. Rainwater further damaged the gym floor. The roof of a bus garage behind the gym was damaged. Large tree limbs were down, and playground equipment was blown around. A large metal light pole was blown down.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	$100,000	Numerous trees were blown down across the county, especially from Ullin north. The roof was partially blown off a high school just east of Ullin. In Mound City, trees penetrated the roofs of two homes. A roof was damaged in Olmsted. Several vehicles were damaged by falling trees around the county.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	$100,000	A continuous path of damage began near the Ullin exit of Interstate 57, which is exit 18. The damage swath was about one mile wide and extended eastward to the Massac County border. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Near Ullin, a gas station canopy was blown down, and the gas station sustained roof damage. Debris was blown over 100 yards from the gas station. The metal roof was torn off a barbeque stand and blown to Interstate 57. At a car dealership near Ullin, several cars were moved, and one camper was pushed into a ditch. A pickup truck with an attached camper was reportedly overturned at a local motel. A grain silo was blown in, and its roof was blown 100 yards away. A carport and a barn were destroyed. Peak winds were estimated near 90 MPH.
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	$3,000	A utility pole was snapped in Mounds. Gusts were estimated near 60 MPH at Ullin.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Ullin	-	Water was over U.S. Highway 51 in several locations from Ullin south.
April 2018	Hail	Ullin	-	Quarter-size hail was reported along Interstate 57.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	-	A trained spotter estimated the wind gusted to 70 mph.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Ullin	-	Flash flooding of some secondary roads occurred over the northern part of Pulaski County. Water was about three feet deep in a couple spots.
May 2007	Heavy Rain	Ullin	-	Two to three inches of water was reported over some roads, including Highway 37 west of Karnak and Grand Chain.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	-	Trees were blown down in and around Ullin. A downed tree blocked the southbound lane of Interstate 57 at mile marker 18 near Ullin. Another tree blocked U.S. Highway 51 north of Ullin.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	-	Roof damage occurred to a restaurant in Ullin, and a power pole was broken near Perks.
April 2016	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
February 2007	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
September 2000	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	-	no account filed
September 2000	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
March 1997	Hail	Ullin	-	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ullin	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99000978 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pulaski County	All 4 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.