Fruitland, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2000. It stands in South Moline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61265. It stands on Case Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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 Milan quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Milan quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Fruitland between 2006 and 2011, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 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 | 17 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | IDNR2 |
| 11 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | IDNR |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | UNION |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MM15 |
| 11 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | EAST |
| 5 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILAN |
| 31 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MILAN3 |
| 30 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TOBIAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fruitland: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Stone Plant #30 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Bettendorf Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Milan Quarry, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Island City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| U. S. Army Engineers | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flood | Fruitland | $15,000 | Seasonably heavy rainfall upstream combined with a rare ice jam that impacted the river for several days. Major flood conditions resulted for a small segment of the Rock River at Moline for less than 12 hours. Local reports indicate ice and water impacted some local roads and numerous homes and structures near the Rock River.||Some water damage was reported to some homes. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | Large tree blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | A 5 inch diameter tree branch was blown down. The time was based on radar data. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Fruitland | - | A brief EF1 tornado caused damage to trees and roofs across its 1.6 mile long path. Eyewitness reports of the tornado and debris aided in the identification of this tornado. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fruitland | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew a tree down near the Toys R Us store about 1 mile north of the Quad City Airport in Moline, IL around 1014 pm CDT September 5. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fruitland | - | One and a half inch diameter hail fell at the Wal-Mart in Moline, IL around 1232 pm June 18. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fruitland | - | Quarter-sized hail fell at the intersection of John Deere Road and 41st Street in Rock Island, IL at 1231 pm on June 18. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Fruitland | - | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Hail | Fruitland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeway Addition | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Moline | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Milan | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Poplar Grove | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ginger Hill | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Coal Valley | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Island | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| East Moline | 4.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 408782. 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.












