Fiatt, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Joshua Township. The Survey maps it on the Fiatt quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
On record in Fiatt
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
- Duvall-Ash Farmsteadlisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1912 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Fiatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fiatt between 2018 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-032 |
| 4 April 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-009 |
| 4 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-011 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-013 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-0025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fiatt in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fiatt | $55,000 | A barn and two outbuildings were heavily damaged. The roof of one of the buildings was blown approximately 100 yards. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fiatt | $30,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. A wall was blown out on a metal sided wood framed garage. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fiatt | $15,000 | A tree was blown onto a house. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Fiatt | - | The emergency manager reported flash flooding across portions of the county, with several ditches overflowing onto roadways. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Fiatt | - | Water was flowing over Route 97 between Cuba and Fiatt. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fiatt | - | Two trees were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Fiatt | - | Very heavy rains fell for several hours over Fulton County. Illinois Route 9 was briefly flooded near Fiatt. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Fiatt | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fiatt | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fiatt | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Fiatt | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Fiatt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bybee | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Civer (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fulton Center (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cuba | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Blyton | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Buckeye | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Westview Acres | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Fiatt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5446340 | 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 408349. 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.







