Illmo, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Kelso Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63780. It stands on Hobbs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scott City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1934 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Morley 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
- 1963 USGS Morley quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Illmo between 2005 and 2018, burning about 195 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Shawnee National Forest | REIMAN |
| 5 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | GALE FIRE |
| 3 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BEAN |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Shawnee National Forest | REIMANN ROAD |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176677-10082-04182018-1049 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 121513-10082-04012015-1324 |
| 23 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ASHMAN |
| 17 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | REIMANN RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Illmo: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 3 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Aba Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Marquette Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Miss.River Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Federal Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grays Point Quarry #2 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Marquette Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oglesby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southeast Mo Stone Co Quarry & Plnt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Illmo in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Illmo | - | The wind gust observation occurred at the Cape Girardeau airport ASOS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Scott City | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Grays Point (historical) | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Kelso | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Zewapeta | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| New York (historical) | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Commerce | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Kagel | 6.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731590. 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.












