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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1892 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Channahon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Channahon quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Channahon quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
759 words on this townshipThe 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 2002Regional 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 use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | ROUTE 53 FIRE |
| 28 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | IRON BRIDGE TRAILHEA |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | IRON BRIDGE FIRE |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0639 |
| 25 April 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 9.2 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | CENTER POINT |
| 20 April 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | IRON BRIDGE |
| 14 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 232 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | GRANT CREEK |
| 10 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | TRACT 53 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicks Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown & Lambrecht Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Plant & Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Star Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Termar Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jackson Township Hwy. Dept. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drummond | - | Four semi truckers were blown over along Interstate 55 near the Arsenal Road Interchange. |
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.
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.









