Keller, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Peoria City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61614. It sits by High Point. The Survey maps it on the Spring Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1893 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Spring Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Spring Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Spring Bay quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
43,882 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Peoria City Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Peoria City Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Keller between 2009 and 2018, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 075-18 |
| 20 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DUNDEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Keller: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria City Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Construction Materials Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Joos Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jubilee Materials Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peoria Blacktop Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peoria Concrete Construction Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Powley Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Bay Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stevers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keller in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | $200,000 | Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Keller | - | Water was ponding on the roadway deep enough to rise above car tires. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Keller | - | North Sommer Street was closed between Pioneer Parkway and Candletree Drive due to flooding. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | - | A power pole was blown down at the intersection of Pioneer Parkway and Knoxville Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Heights | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sankoty | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Long Shore Park | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Golden Acres | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| El Vista | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| North Peoria | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pioneer | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Averyville | 3.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422863. 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.













