BlockDelafield, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Dahlgren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62859. It stands on Middle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belle Prairie City quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS McLeansboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS McLeansboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Belle Prairie City quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Delafield in 2020, burning under an acre 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2020-03170 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delafield in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Delafield | $10,000 | Widespread flash flooding of many roads occurred from Mcleansboro south. A vehicle was stranded in floodwaters under the viaduct on Illinois Route 14 in Mcleansboro. The occupants were on top of the roof of their car. Rescue personnel pushed the car to safety. Another vehicle was stuck in floodwaters near a bridge in the southeast part of the county. The motorist did not require assistance. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delafield | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Route 142. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piopolis | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lovilla | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Diamond City | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| McLeansboro | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dahlgren | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Belle Prairie City | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Flint | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jefferson City (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 |
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 Delafield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5253066 | 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 407101. 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.