BlockBrainerd, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60620. It lies near Blue Island Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Blue Island quadrangle.
On record in Brainerd
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Brainerd Bungalow Historic Districtlisted 2016 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1892 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Chicago city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Index To Content
Chapter I. - First Settler of Chicago, 5. Various Appellations of Chicago. .Garies' River, 6. The Main River Bed Changed. .Chicago in Virginia. .Treaty of Greenville. . Original Site of Chicago. .Illinois in Indiana Territory. .Fort Dearborn Established. .First Commandants of the Fort. .Massacre of 1S12, 7. Captain John and Lieutenant Wm.
In the county-history sources
902,150 words on this townshipPolitics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois : Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; a Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1887; ... History of Chicago, Illinois, published 1895; Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County and Selected Biography. A.N. Waterman ... Ed. and Author of Historical Review, published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Chicago City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Chicago City - 902,150 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brainerd: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Island Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yard No. 22 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brainerd in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Brainerd | $10,000 | Elderly woman rescued from stalled vehicle near 92nd and Hoyne Ave by Chicago Fire Department. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Brainerd | - | Traffic cameras showed all lanes of northbound Interstate 57 flooded between Halsted Street and Wentworth Avenue. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brainerd | - | Trees were blown down onto a house in the 8800 block of Bishop Avenue. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brainerd | - | Multiple tree limbs were blown down in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Chicago. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brainerd | - | A giant tree was blown down blocking the entire street near 94th Street and South Laflin Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Englewood | 1.0 miles | 25 | |
| Chester Highlands | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| North Englewood | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Beverly | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| New Auburn | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Beverly Hills | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Washington Heights | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Lilydale | 1.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1737406. 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.
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.