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Hastings, Illinois

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Lemont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60439. The Survey maps it on the Sag Bridge quadrangle.

Hastings within Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hastings in 2020, burning about 2 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002215
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0000918
1 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-0002295

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hastings: 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Union 76 Chicago RefinerySulfurPlant
Lemont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barge Slip QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lemont Quarry & Mill Yard 360Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lemont Quarry Consumers CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hastings in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Flash FloodHastings-Main Street was closed due to flooding between 4th Street and Walker Road.
May 2019HailHastings-Hail was estimated between 1 and 1.5 inch diameter.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHastings-A tree was uprooted and numerous tree limbs were blown down. Some roads were nearly impassable.
May 2013Flash FloodHastings-Six to eight inches of water was reported at Main Street and 4th Avenue, which was closed.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHastings-Large tree limbs were blown down along Main Street east of Downtown Lemont and west of Archer Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Cook 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lemont1.7 miles24
Sag Bridge2.1 miles26
Fox Hills2.3 miles26
Maple Leaf Estates2.3 miles26
Equestrian Estates2.3 miles26
Equestrian Woods2.4 miles26
Creekwood2.5 miles26
Sylvan Woods2.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409912. 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.