BlockKasbeer, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61349. The Survey maps it on the Ohio quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Ohio quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
814 words on this townshipPast and Present of Bureau County, Illinois, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Ohio Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The second house erected was that of William Cleveland, which was built in 1846, on section 20. Soon after this F. G. Buchan built on section 3. In 1847 some of the Ross family came to Ohio. John and Andrew settled on sections 22 and 27. From this time on the Rosses have been among the prosperous and honored citizens of that community. Ohio was not settled as early as the townshi])s farther south, as the people at that time were afraid of the open prairie and gathered around the groves where they could get fuel and timber for fencing and building purposes, and Ohio being mostly prairie, it was considered too bleak and unprotected for actual settlement ; but after a time some of the more venturesome began to locate upon the treeless acres and they soon found that they were in the garden spot of the state, if not of the globe; for truly we believe there is no richer heritage upon this great round world than that which has fallen to the present generation who live upon the subdued prairies of Illinois. In 1846 William Garton settled up sec-' tion 36 ; Leonard Strong on 35, and Aaron Brnkaw on 34. In 1848 John Kasbeer settled on the farm he still owns, section 28. D. P. Smith, Isaac Brokaw and Mitchell Shiffles came in 1849. This township has an enterprising and thorough going citizenship, the people have taken advantage of their opportunities and have become independent in their financial ati'airs. The village of Ohio is located on the Fulton branch of the Burlington railroad. It is an attractive prairie town; the houses and yards are well kept, giving it a thriving and pleasing appearance. It was laid out by Jacob Albreclit in 1871, it being a portion of his farm. He had a desire to have the place bear his own name, but the people preferred the name of Ohio. It was incorporated in 1876 and contained a population in 1900 of four hundred and si.xtyone. The township, including the village, numbered one thousand three hundred and twentytwo. The following named men have served as supervisors :
Passage source: Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois, published 1906.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kasbeer in 2008, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2208 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kasbeer in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Kasbeer | $15,000 | A survey completed with assistance from Bureau County Emergency Management showed a short tornado damage path with damage mainly to trees and a machine shed. Tornado winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasbeer | $1,000 | Winds estimated to be 60 mph blew down several tree branches from about 4 miles west of Kasbeer, IL to Kasbeer, IL around 838 am June 12. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Kasbeer | - | A public report of hail ranging in size from pea to quarter. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasbeer | - | The county emergency manager reported a large tree down on highway 26 blocking the northbound and southbound lanes. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Kasbeer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6374083 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411318. 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.