BlockBuzzville, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Quiver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62644. The Survey maps it on the Topeka quadrangle.
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 Topeka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Buzzville between 2004 and 2019, burning about 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
| 4 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | POLE |
| 20 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1181710 |
| 20 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1181710 |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | FIRE 2 |
| 15 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | STUMP FIRE |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1900002335 |
| 25 January 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois River National Wildlife Refuge | GUDAT 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buzzville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge Coal Co. Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buzzville in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2017: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buzzville | $15,000 | Numerous 6 diameter branches were blown down near Goofy Ridge. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buzzville | $8,000 | A few large trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down.| |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Buzzville | - | Rain amounts of 3.00 to 4.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Mason County. Numerous streets in Havana were impassable, as were numerous rural roads and highways in the county including parts of U.S. Route 136 and Illinois Route 10. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Buzzville | - | Rain amounts of 3.00 to 4.00 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Mason County. Numerous streets in Havana were impassable, as were numerous rural roads and highways in the county including parts of U.S. Route 136 and Illinois Route 10. Additional rain of 0.50 to 1.00 inch during the early morning hours kept many roads flooded. Flood waters subsided by mid-morning on the 30th. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Buzzville | - | Rainfall amounts of 2.00 to 4.00, on top of waterlogged ground, were reported during the early evening of June 28th. This resulted in the flooding of many rural roads between Manito and Forest City, and from Mason City to San Jose. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Buzzville | - | Thunderstorms produced 5.00 to 8.00 of rainfall in northern and eastern Mason County, mainly between 1800 and 2000 local standard time. Flash flooding rapidly developed, which made nearly every rural road in northern and eastern Mason County impassable. Parts of U.S. Highway 136 near the Logan County line were closed due to high water. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Buzzville | - | Thunderstorms moved along the Illinois River, producing a band of heavy rainfall in northwest Mason County during the early morning hours. More than 2.00 of rain occurred in less than 90 minutes after Midnight LST. Many streets in the city of Manito were flooded, and numerous rural roads near the Illinois River were impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Beach | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Eckard | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Goofy Ridge | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Quiver Beach | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Topeka | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chautauqua Park | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Havana | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bishop | 6.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562934 | 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 1720354. 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.