Crandall, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Morton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61550. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1928 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,654 words on this townshipHistory of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Morton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Charles R. Crandall, farmer, who lives on sec. 9 ; came to Tazewell Co. in 1830. He was born of New England parentage, John Crandall, his father, being from Massachusetts, while his mother, Mary (Croell) Crandall, was born in Connecticut. Charles was born Dec. 11, 1812, at Sheldon, Genesee Co., New York. Like most pioneer formers, Mr. C. began life without money or lands, and to day he is one of the wealthiest formers, owning a half section of land under a high state of cultivation and stocked with abundance of fine stock. All this is the result of industry and integrity of character, always indicative of a well rounded Christian life. He united his fortunes, Jan. 9, 1845, with Elizabeth Norris, of London, England. Their only son, John H., was born Jan. 9, 1846. Mr. Crandall embraced the Christian religion in 1850, when he joined the Baptist Church.
Passage source: History of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Crandall between 2010 and 2014, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 10207 |
| 23 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | COLLETT |
| 18 March 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | QUEEN |
| 17 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ZEHR |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | NEHRING |
| 11 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FRITZ |
| 10 December 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WAGNER |
| 10 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crandall in 1 storm report in 2026: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crandall | - | Power lines were blown into tree branches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfair | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Morton | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cooper | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gardena | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Caldwell | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cloverdale | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Beverly Manor | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Farmdale | 4.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422589. 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.
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.









