BlockGarfield, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61377. The Survey maps it on the Long Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1925 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Long Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
392 words on this townshipHistory of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Osage Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Osage Township - 392 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Garfield in 2010, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 923101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Garfield | $5,000,000 | Flash flooding or significant flooding was reported across much of LaSalle County, including street closures due to flooding, basement flooding and creek, stream and river flooding. Numerous houses were under water in the northwest and southwest part of Sheridan which is near the Fox River. Several evacuations were conducted. Northeast of Utica, County Roads E 10th and and N 31st were closed with up to one foot of water covering the roads. A canoe launch area in Streator along the Vermillion River was submerged. Flooding was reported in Wedron, Utica, Earlville and Marseilles. The wastewater treatment plant in the City of LaSalle suffered significant damage. Numerous vehicles were submerged or abandoned in flood waters. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Garfield | $10,000 | Six to twelve inches of water covering roads in Wenona. Basement flooding and rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches also reported. |
| May 2012 | Flood | Garfield | - | Two feet of water was reported over Illinois Highway 17 near the La Salle and Livingston county borders. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garfield | - | In the city of Wenona, in LaSalle County, many tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Garfield | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Wenona, in far southwest LaSalle County. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Garfield | - | Nickel size hail covering the ground, two miles east of Wenona. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garfield | - | Tree limbs were blown down from Wenona to Dana across far southern LaSalle County. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 408890. 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.