BlockDickeys, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Pilot Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60941. It lies near Pilot Hill. The Survey maps it on the Herscher quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1923 USGS Herscher quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Herscher quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Herscher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dickeys between 2010 and 2012, burning about 7 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ALLIAN |
| 13 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | VONDOR |
| 11 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | OHRT |
| 20 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 102319 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dickeys: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hershey Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dickeys in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dickeys | $25,000 | The roof of a barn was torn off on the south side of 7000S between 8000W and 9000W/ Debris was thrown about half a mile to the northeast. A power pole was snapped at the base near the barn. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Dickeys | - | Rainfall of 2.65 inches was measured in 24 hours. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Dickeys | - | A tornado briefly touched down but no damage occurred. The tornado was reported by a trained spotter and law enforcement. (Tornado 10 of 10). |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Dickeys | - | Heavy rain fell across parts of Kankakee County during the late afternoon and early evening of June 15th. Storm total rainfall of 3.15 inches was measured in Bourbonnais, and 2.54 inches of it fell in 1.5 hours. Four miles northwest of Kankakee, 2.10 inches fell in one hour.||Street flooding was reported in Bourbonnais, Bradley, Manteno, ans Kankakee, as well as on county roads. Portions of Interstate 57 were closed due to flooding. Route 50 north of Larry Powers Road had 6 inches of flowing water over it. Several roads were flooded and impassable near Route 17 and 4000 South Roads. Ditches were reported to be overflowing near 5000W and 1000S and 2000S Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Center (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Irwin | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Herscher | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Goodrich | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lehigh | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hillside Manor | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Limestone | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bonfield | 6.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422625. 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.