BlockJanesville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Cottonwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62440. The Survey maps it on the Toledo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1933 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Janesville between 2015 and 2019, burning about 1 acre 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019-63 |
| 24 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1303241 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Janesville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C&H Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Janesville in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Janesville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | $4,200 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a house when a tree fell onto it and blew over a shed in Janesville. Also, a walnut tree was uprooted breaking 3 windows of a van parked nearby and the winds moved a bass boat about 150 yards. Damage was estimated around $4,200 and no injuries were reported. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Janesville | - | Large tree branches were broken and a small outbuilding was shifted slightly on its foundation. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bradbury | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Toledo | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Neal | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Point | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Timothy | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Union Center | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Greenup | 9.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411038. 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.