Fandon, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Chalmers Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62326. The Survey maps it on the Fandon quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1913 USGS Colchester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Fandon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fandon in 2008, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KIRBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Fandon: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Colchester Brick & Tile Co.Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Valentine Welch & Booz Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fandon in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | Measured by wind equipement. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | A public report of a 70 MPH measured wind gust and small branches 1 inch in diameter were broken. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Fandon | - | Report received from mping. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | A trained spotter reported a 65 MPH gust. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Fandon | - | A trained spotter reports mostly nickel to quarter size hail, with a few larger stones. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | A trained spotter reports that 50 to 60 MPH thunderstorm wind gusts blew down some 3 inch diameter limbs. Hail also knocked quite a few leaves off of trees in the area. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | Damaging winds downed six healthy trees. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Fandon | - | A high-end EF1 tornado uprooted and snapped large trees and destroyed outbuildings at two farmsteads, and snapped some power poles. The tornado was on the ground for about 5 minutes. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Fandon | - | Hail was reported up to the size of one inch in diameter. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Fandon | - | Quarter sized hail fell 4 miles south of Colchester, IL at 245 pm CDT April 17. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Fandon | - | Emergency management reported nickel sized hail. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | A trained spotter reported numerous large trees down near Fandon |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fandon | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Fandon | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Fandon | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Fandon | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Fandon | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Fandon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tennessee | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hills Grove (historical) | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ragtown (historical) | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Georgetown | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Colmar | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Macomb | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| East Village | 7.9 miles | 20 |
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 Fandon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5433733 | 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 408266. 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.







