BlockLorenzo, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Wilmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60481. It lies near Bardwell Island. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1892 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,757 words on this townshipHistory of Will County Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wilmington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wilmington Township - 4,757 words.
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lorenzo between 2002 and 2018, burning about 984 acres in total. 2 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | ROUTE 53 FIRE |
| 15 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | GORMAN FIRE |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | IRON BRIDGE FIRE |
| 29 April 2003 | Natural | 600 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GOOSE LAKE |
| 25 April 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 9.2 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | CENTER POINT |
| 20 April 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | IRON BRIDGE |
| 14 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 232 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | GRANT CREEK |
| 1 April 2016 | Natural | 67 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | CATTAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lorenzo: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Lake Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Plant & Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lorenzo in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Lorenzo | $250,000 | The combination of warming temperatures, melting snow and heavy rain caused an ice jam to break along the Kankakee River between Wilmington and the Grundy County line during the late evening of January 25th resulting in flash flooding along portions of the river through the late evening of January 26th. ||Roads and structures were flooded in Wilmington during the late evening of January 25th and by early morning of the 26th, a hotel and an apartment complex were evcauated. A roadway was damaged in South Island Park. Yards were flooded along Towpath Lane. Route 53 was closed and water reached the bottom of the Route 53 bridge over the Kankakee River. Ice piled up against a guardrail and water reached the shoulder of Widows Road near the water treatment plant. By midday, water was reported on Widows Road and surrounded two homes, one of the homes was flooded with 3 to 4 feet of water. Eventually 3 to 4 feet of water reached the pump house and wells at the water treatment plant. Flooding was reported on Ballou Road from Forked Creek.||Later in the evening of the 26th, River Road south of Interstate 55 was flooded and impassable. Only a few hours later, the water receded and ice and debris removal began on River Road. Flooding continued to recede during the evening of the 26th though ice chunks, some significant in size, littered areas along and near the Kankakee River. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Lorenzo | $100,000 | An ice jam on the Kankakee River near the Interstate 55 bridge moved slightly down stream and jammed, which caused flash flooding. By late afternoon, the ice jam had moved down stream to Bardwell Island. Water rose so rapidly that drivers had to be rescued from their cars on Blodgett Road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | $25,000 | A mobile home was overturned just south of Lorenzo Road. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | A trained spotter reported hail with multiple hailstones being at least one inch in diameter. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | A photo shared via social media showed part of a large tree had fallen onto a driveway in Channahon. Time was estimated using radar. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Lorenzo | - | This tornado occurred entirely within the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington. It dropped just north of where Boathouse FS Rd crosses Prairie Creek and traversed eastward across the Prairie, crossing IL Rt. 53 in the process. Numerous instances of tree damage were noted, including several oak trees whose tops had been snapped. The storm dissipated on the east side of the Prairie shortly before a second tornado dropped near the park's eastern periphery. |
| January 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Lorenzo | - | A non-supercell waterspout formed over the warm waters of the Dresden cooling pond, which is an inland lake. No damage occurred. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Lorenzo | - | A significant ice jam on the Kankakee River near Interstate 55 broke up rapidly causing flooding of roadways near the river and evacuations of residences. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blodgett | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Riverwood Estates | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Drummond | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Wilmington | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Winchester Estates | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Braidwood | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Channahon | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Lakewood Shores | 5.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 412638. 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.