BlockLone Tree Corners, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wheatland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61368. The Survey maps it on the Putnam quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
On record in Lone Tree Corners
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lone Tree Schoollisted 2004 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Lacon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1933 USGS Lacon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Lacon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Putnam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Lone Tree Corners: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheely Quarry Renner's Quarry Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Tree Corners in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Tree Corners | - | Grain bin fell on top of a LP tank. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lone Tree Corners | - | Trained spotter reported that hail falling was between a half inch and golf ball sized. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lone Tree Corners | - | Nickel to quarter-sized hail fell near Lone Tree Corners, IL at 6:11 pm June 20. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefield | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Milo | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Tiskilwa | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Providence | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bureau | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Burnett | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Princeton | 12.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wyanet | 13.5 miles | 10 |
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 Lone Tree Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6671481 | 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 1719790. 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.
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.