BlockFlagg Center, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Flagg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61068. It stands on Flagg Creek Tributary. The Survey maps it on the Rochelle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
16,079 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Flagg Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Flagg Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Flagg Center between 2010 and 2011, burning about 73 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PERRIVE |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JORDALL |
| 22 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SWEGER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Flagg Center: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Prindle Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Rochelle Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Schoonhoven Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flagg Center in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flagg Center | - | A trailer house was destroyed along with wind damage to a morton building. Photos were also shared on social media. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flagg Center | - | Tree and power line damage occurred across many areas in Ogle County, from Forreston to rural Rochelle. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Flagg Center | - | Standing water was reported on roads in Flagg Center. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Flagg Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey Acres | 0.2 miles | 11 | |
| Briarwood | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Highland Estates | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Prairieview Estates | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Woodland Acres | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Crestwood Acres | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Frahms Country Acres | 1.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 425691. 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.