BlockDuncan Mills, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Isabel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61542. It stands on Tater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duncan Mills quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
On record in Duncan Mills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Duncan Mills Bridgelisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
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.
- 1925 USGS Havana quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Duncan Mills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Havana quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
25,601 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Isabel Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Isabel Township - 25,601 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Duncan Mills in 1999, burning about 250 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Illinois River National Wildlife Refuge | CANTERBERR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncan Mills in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan Mills | $45,000 | Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down near Duncan Mills. A semi trailer was tipped over and about 2 acres of corn were flattened in the area. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan Mills | $12,000 | The roof was blown off a barn and a small shed was destroyed. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Duncan Mills | - | Flash flooding resulted in the closure of US-24 south of Lewistown. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan Mills | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on Route 24 three miles south of Duncan Mills. Also, in Lewistown numerous large tree limbs were blown down and a power pole was snapped off. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Duncan Mills | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Duncan Mills | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Duncan Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otto (historical) | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Waterford (historical) | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sepo | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Howard | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lewistown | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Enion | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Beaty | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Depler Springs | 6.4 miles | 19 |
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 Duncan Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5314540 | 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 407486. 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.