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Chautauqua, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 62037. It lies near Babbs Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Grafton quadrangle.

Chautauqua within Jersey County

On record in Chautauqua

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chautauqua between 2010 and 2011, burning about 37 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11406001
2 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11402002
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources11402004
5 March 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources10305001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jersey County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chautauqua: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Twin Rivers Sand Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbia Quarry CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grafton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Western Whiting Company QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jersey County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chautauqua in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Chautauqua-A NWS Damage Survey Team surveyed multiple areas across southern Jersey County. The survey team did find one area of concentrated damage just northwest of Elsah which it determined was caused by a brief EF-0 tornado. The tornado touched down about one quarter mile SSW of the Green Acres Road and Elsah Road intersection here 3 pine trees were blown over. The tornado then removed part of the roof from an out building on the west side of Elsah Road. Portions of the roof were found blown across Elsah Road to the southeast. The tornado then crossed Lake Drive just west of Red Bud Court where it twisted a road sign 180 degrees and snapped a number of trees near their base. The tornado continued southeast crossing Elsah Road near Joywood Drive where several trees were again snapped. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter. The tornado was rated EF0 with max wind speeds of 80 MPH. The path length was 1.40 miles and a max path width of 50 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported with this tornado.

Every storm recorded in Jersey 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
Elsah1.5 miles22
Grafton2.5 miles23
Beltrees3.2 miles22
Newbern3.9 miles12
Dow4.1 miles12
Camden4.2 miles23
East Newbern5.2 miles12
Lockhaven5.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 428371. 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.