BlockBando, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62707. It stands on Jacksonville Branch. The Survey maps it on the Springfield West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Springfield West quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Springfield West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Springfield West quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
64,679 words on this townshipHistory of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Springfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Springfield Township - 64,679 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bando between 2010 and 2014, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000179 |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000108 |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | OSWOLD |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11106 |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000129 |
| 17 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000053 |
| 29 January 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FRAASE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bando: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Landfill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield Pit Solomon Service | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Sangamon County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradfordton | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Archer | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Leland Grove | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cody | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ridgely | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Riddle Hill | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hawthorne Place | 4.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747279. 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.