BlockEsmond, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in South Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60129. The Survey maps it on the Fairdale quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
On record in Esmond
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 1 record
Ashelford Halllisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Kirkland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fairdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,956 words on this townshipHistory of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868; Portrait and Biographical Album of DeKalb County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County : Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States : Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on South Grove Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on South Grove Township - 2,956 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Esmond in 2005, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Esmond: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ault Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esmond in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 4 tornado. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Esmond | - | A tornado with estimated peak winds of 75 mph touched down in far eastern Ogle County southwest of Esmond and quickly crossed into De Kalb County. Tree and crop damage occurred along the path. Trees were uprooted just east of Esmond Road. One farm outbuilding was destroyed just east of McQueen Road and the tornado ended in a field just southeast of this location. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Esmond | - | A brief tornado touched down in a field north of Esmond. No damage occurred with this tornado, which was determined by using high resolution satellite data. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Esmond | - | A tornado with peak winds of 85 mph, which touched down in far eastern Ogle County, crossed into western DeKalb County between Route 64 and Welty Road. The tornado damaged a farm outbuilding on Esmond Road, just south of Route 64. A video of this tornado showed the winds entered the building on the southwest faade which caused uplift of the roof and subsequent collapse of the walls. The tornado continued moving east, immediately north of Route 64 producing sporadic tree damage. Video showed the tornado crossed Route 64, immediately east of McQueen Road and continued east of Malta Road, where it produced some tree damage and then lifted. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Esmond | - | A brief tornado with peak winds of 60 mph touched down just north of Lindenwood Road, crossing Esmond Road and produced minor damage to a farm outbuilding's roof. This tornado was likely on the ground for less than one minute. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairdale | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Clare | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kirkland | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Malta | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wilkinson | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kingston | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Colvin Park | 10.8 miles | 15 |
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 Esmond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5398548 | 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 421793. 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.