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Cazenovia, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cazenovia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61545. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Cazenovia within Woodford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cazenovia between 2012 and 2020, burning about 6 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
Debris and open burning5

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
29 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20200620-15923
26 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-006739
26 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-007426
23 March 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWIAGAND
17 March 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMOSER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodford County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cazenovia: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Heck PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mitzelfelt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Woodford County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cazenovia in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Cazenovia-This tornado began two miles west-southwest of Cazenovia, north of Black Partridge Road, and moved southeast producing tree damage at three properties along the road. The worst tree damage was to a property west-northwest of the intersection of Black Partridge Road and Wienman Road. At this property, dozens of trees were damaged. The tornado continued southeast and produced damage to a cornfield. The damage could be seen in Sentinel satellite data. The tornado dissipated about three tenths of a mile southeast of the intersection of Black Partridge Road and Wienman Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCazenovia-A metal pole barn was heavily damaged on Wiedman Road southwest of Cazenovia.
May 2009Flash FloodCazenovia-Heavy rain of 2.00 to 3.00 inches within two hours produced significant flash flooding of most roads in eastern Woodford County.
May 2003Tornado (F2)Cazenovia-Several homes sustained major damage and several sheds were destroyed by the tornado. It also blew down numerous trees, tree limbs, power lines and power poles. As the tornado approached Roanoke, it weakened quite a bit with only minor tree damage reported through town before the tornado lifted and dissipated on the southeast side of town. No injuries were reported.
July 2001Flash FloodCazenovia-A rainfall report of nearly 5 inches was received from along Illinois Route 89. As a result of the heavy rain, a section of the highway, from Cazenovia to Low Point, was flooded for a period of time.
September 2022HailCazenovia-no account filed
April 2020HailCazenovia-no account filed
June 2015HailCazenovia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodford 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
Low Point1.8 miles19
Metamora4.4 miles19
Washburn5.2 miles18
Oak Ridge6.2 miles20
Hickory Point6.8 miles20
Roanoke8.1 miles11
Cruger8.9 miles14
Germantown Hills9.2 miles20

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 CazenoviaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888514The 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 405725. 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.