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Drummond, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Channahon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60410. The Survey maps it on the Channahon quadrangle.

Drummond within Will County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

In the county-history sources

759 words on this township

The History of Will County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County ... a Directory of Its Real Estate Owners; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General and Local Statistics ... History of Illinois ... History of the Northwest .., published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Channahon Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Channahon Township - 759 words.

Fires near this place

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Drummond between 2002 and 2019, burning about 356 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieROUTE 53 FIRE
28 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieIRON BRIDGE TRAILHEA
8 May 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieIRON BRIDGE FIRE
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-0639
25 April 2018Railroad operations and maintenance9.2 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieCENTER POINT
20 April 2008Smokingunder an acreMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieIRON BRIDGE
14 April 2003Debris and open burning232 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieGRANT CREEK
10 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresMidewin National Tall Grass PrairieTRACT 53

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Will County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Drummond: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Vicks QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown & Lambrecht Clay PitClayPast Producer
Morris Plant & PitClayProducer
Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Star Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Termar Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jackson Township Hwy. Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Will County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drummond in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDrummond-Four semi truckers were blown over along Interstate 55 near the Arsenal Road Interchange.

Every storm recorded in Will 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
Blodgett2.1 miles23
Millsdale2.1 miles23
Channahon3.2 miles23
Elwood3.4 miles22
Lorenzo4.5 miles23
Birds4.9 miles23
Rock Run Park5.1 miles23
Oak Lane5.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422636. 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.