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Burton View, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in West Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62656. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln West quadrangle.

Burton View within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

866 words on this township

History of Logan County, Illinois : Its Past and Present .., published 1878; History of Logan County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Person, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Illinois, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on West Lincoln Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on West Lincoln Township - 866 words.

Fires near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Burton View between 2008 and 2020, burning about 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources180462
21 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesNO NAME
18 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGRASS
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLIN RUL1
15 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1700
4 March 2018Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources180162
22 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesA WILLIAM
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesLIN RUL3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Burton View: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lincoln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burton View in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009FloodBurton View1 killedNumeruous creeks, streams, ditches and rural roads in Logan County were flooded from the morning hours of October 30th until late in the morning of November 3rd. A 97 year old man drowned when he attempted to cross a water covered road about 0.5 mile south of Mt. Pulaski around 1030 AM CST October 31st.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBurton View-A home was damaged and a power line was blown down.
July 2021Flash FloodBurton View-Kickapoo Creek spilled out of its banks and flooded State Route 10 just west of Lincoln. A minor car accident occurred due to hydroplaning: however, no injuries were reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBurton View-A tree was blown down at 700th Avenue and County Road 2000N near Hartsburg.
November 2009FloodBurton View-Numeruous creeks, streams, ditches and rural roads in Logan County began flooding during the morning hours of October 30th. A 97 year old man drowned when he attempted to cross a water covered road about 0.5 mile south of Mt. Pulaski around 1030 AM CST October 31st. The flooding finally subsided late in the morning on November 3rd.
June 2008Flash FloodBurton View-Heavy rain produced flash flooding along State Route 10 and Kickapoo Creek, about 4 miles west of Lincoln.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBurton View-A large tree was blown down across Illinois Route 10 near Burton View.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBurton View-Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large shed in Burton View.
August 1997HailBurton View-Hail up to golfball size fell in a swath extending from Burton View to the west side of Lincoln then south to 5 miles west of Mt. Pulaski. No damage was reported.

Every storm recorded in Logan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
New Holland5.2 miles14
Bell5.4 miles15
Hartsburg6.0 miles14
Fogarty6.3 miles14
Lincoln6.5 miles14
Evans7.3 miles14
Broadwell7.4 miles14
Middletown7.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 405276. 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.