Lawndale, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1990. It stands in East Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61751. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln East quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lincoln East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lawndale between 2008 and 2020, burning about 9 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 | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180573 |
| 22 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180506 |
| 18 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SMITH |
| 11 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 190468 |
| 3 June 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180355 |
| 29 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180345 |
| 10 March 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 180174 |
| 25 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1400 AVE |
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 Lawndale: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twomey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawndale in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Lawndale | $300,000 | Kickapoo Creek reached record levels, resulting in the flooding of several homes in Lawndale. The basement walls of one house collapsed, destroying the structure. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawndale | - | A vehicle was blown off I-55 into a ditch just southwest of Atlanta. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lawndale | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down 8 large power poles along old Route 66 just south of Lawndale and blew over a semi on I-55 at the Atlanta exit. No injuries were reported. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lawndale | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lawndale | - | no account filed |
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 Lawndale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6503685 | 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 411862. 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.








