BlockBybee, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Joshua Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61432. The Survey maps it on the Fiatt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1912 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Fiatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bybee between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-032 |
| 4 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-011 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-013 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiatt | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Blyton | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Civer (historical) | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ellisville | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fulton Center (historical) | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Buckeye | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cuba | 7.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422523. 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.