Dalzell, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61320. The Survey maps it on the Spring Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1893 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1893 USGS Lasalle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS La Salle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,560 words on this townshipPast and Present of Bureau County, Illinois, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Hall Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The township of Hall in 1880 had a population of 1058. Twenty years later, in 1900, it had a population of 9844. and it has greatly increased since then. Its principal industry is mining. \Mthin the boundaries of Hall township may be found the city of Spring Yalle}', corporations of Ladd. Marquette, Dalzell, Seatonville and Cherry. All of these towns are given over to coal mining. \'ast shipments of coal are sent to different parts of the country. The facilities for shipping are very superior, as it has several lines of railroad Ijcsides having a frontage on the Illinois river. The population embraces nearly every^ nationality on the globe. Southern Europe is largely represented. The first settler was Eeason Hall, who located on section 34 in 1828. In 1833 Henry J. Miller built on section 33 and William Miller on section 36. The same year Edward Hall settled on section 39 and William Swan on section 19. J. Whitehead. Eobert Scott, A. Wixani, Alexander Holbrook and Martin Tompkins were among the early arrivals. Daniel Webster early owned a tract of land in Hall township, which was afterward owned by his son. Calvin Combs, Samuel J. Williams and Moses Tichner came previous to 1840. One of the iinest geological collections in the state is that of James Murray, who was born in Scotland in 1820 but has lived in Hall for many years. This collection has been gathered with great care and has attracted the attention of the geologists from all parts of the country. The population in 1900 was, including Spring Valley, Ladd and Seatonville, 9844, of which Spring Valley had, in the first ward, 704; second ward, 968; third ward, 639; fourth ward, 2474, and fifth ward, 1439; total in Spring Valley, 6214; Ladd, 1324; Seatonville, 909. The supervisors have been as follows :
Passage source: Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois, published 1906.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Dalzell between 2010 and 2015, burning about 232 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000049 |
| 17 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000065 |
| 3 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000051 |
| 1 May 2013 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STAND3 |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000044 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000035 |
| 31 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 15-0000034 |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dalzell: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasalle City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bonucci Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bonucci Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sitterly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalzell in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Lightning | Dalzell | 1 hurt | Lightning struck a home in Dalzell, resulting in a fire and a minor injury to a person inside the home. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalzell | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dalzell | - | Golf ball sized hail fell about 1 mile northwest of Dalzell, IL on Interstate 80 near mile marker 72 at 1028 pm CDT April 3. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Dalzell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hegeler | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Churchill | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Webster Park | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Valley | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ladd | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hicks Corners | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ottville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Marquette | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406934. 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.








