BlockBishop, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Forest City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61532. The Survey maps it on the Forest City quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1929 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Forest City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Bishop between 2009 and 2019, burning about 400 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TOPEKA |
| 20 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 092-18 |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SAND RIDGE |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | POLE |
| 27 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1201711 |
| 27 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1201711 |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1191710 |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1191710 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bishop in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bishop | $15,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bishop | - | Thunderstorm winds resulted in structural damage to the porch of a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Topeka | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Union | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Goofy Ridge | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Buzzville | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eckard | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Biggs | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Manito | 7.5 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bishop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4917456 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422467. 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.
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.