BlockFaithorn, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Crete Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60417. The Survey maps it on the Dyer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1929 USGS Dyer quadrangle1:24000
- 1930 USGS Dyer quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Crete quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Dyer quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dyer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Dyer quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dyer quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
482 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 Crete Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Crete Township - 482 words.
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faithorn in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faithorn | $1,000 | Several mature trees were damaged with a nine inch diameter tree limb blown down, near Elms Court and Route 1. A utility pole was blown down 1.5 miles south of Crete. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Faithorn | - | Storm total rainfall of 3.12 inches was measured. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Faithorn | - | Route 1 between Crete Monee Road to the north and Elms Court to the south was flooded and impassible with flowing water estimated to be one foot deep. Storm total rainfall amounts included 4.37 inches 4 miles south southeast of Crete; 4.35 inches in Monee and 4.10 inches in Peotone. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Faithorn | - | Dixie Highway was flooded and impassable with water up to car bumpers near the Balmoral Park Race Track. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Faithorn | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Route 1 and Crete-Monee Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crete | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lincolnshire | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Goodenow | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Plum Valley | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Claus | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Willowbrook | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Eagle Lake | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Beecher | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422688. 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.
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.