United States, Illinois, Williamson, South side of East Herrin Road, south-southeast of Chittyville Road, private gravel road (driveway) to south, at bend in road. 2.4 miles west of junction with Interstate 57, 1.5 miles due east-northeast of Herrin. Vicinity of reclaimed Consolidated Coal Company, Buckhorn Mine; main shaft 750 feet; filled 1996. Johnston City 7.5 minute quadrangle. Elevation 400 feet.
T. 8S, R. 2E, NE1/4 NW1/4 and NW1/4 NE1/4 of NW1/4 NE1/4 SECT. 21
Wet silty sand, poorly drained, very disturbed.; Cleared area west of margin of oak forest and gravel road; wet fallow cropland; Juncus tenuis, Geranium carolinianum, mosses, Centunculus, Callitriche terrestris, Plantago spp., Krigia oppositifolia.; Common annual grass, most senescent.