BlockMiddlegrove, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Farmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61531. The Survey maps it on the Farmington West quadrangle. It stands 718 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1912 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Farmington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,301 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Farmington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Farmington Township - 8,301 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Middlegrove in 2013, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 40513 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middlegrove in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middlegrove | $20,000 | The western wall of a farm outbuilding was blown out. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Middlegrove | - | Rainfall amounts of 2.00 to 4.00, on top of waterlogged ground, were reported during the early evening of June 28th. This resulted in street flooding in Farmington and Canton. Parts of Illinois Routes 9 and 78, as well as U.S. Highway 24, were impassable during the late evening. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Middlegrove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Acres | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Farmington | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gilchrist | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Norris | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Brereton | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Midway (historical) | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bybee | 8.6 miles | 16 |
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 Middlegrove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6841802 | 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 413503. 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.