BlockCandlewick Lake, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Poplar Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61065. The Survey maps it on the Belvidere North quadrangle. 5,115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1918 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Belvidere North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
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 Candlewick Lake: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Belvidere Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Candlewick Lake in 5 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candlewick Lake | - | Several trees were blown down along the Long Prairie Trail. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candlewick Lake | - | Several trees were reported down as well as siding that had been damaged on a home in the Candlewick Lake Subdivision north of Timberlane. Wind speed was estimated using radar. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Candlewick Lake | - | A tornado with peak winds of 80 mph touched down just west of Candlewick Lake, near the intersection of Candlewick Drive and Briar Cliff Street. Several softwood trees were uprooted and snapped at the start of the path and laid in a convergent pattern. The tornado continued northeast across Candlewick Lake, where several floating docks were thrown across the lake. The tornado lifted as it reached the eastern side of the lake. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candlewick Lake | - | A large tree limb was blown down near Route 76 and Dawson Lake Road. The tree had evidence of rotting. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Candlewick Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timberlane | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Caledonia | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| North Caledonia (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Grove | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Russellville | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Beaverton Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hunter | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Belvidere | 6.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Candlewick Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5032004 | 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 2727441. 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.