BlockMilo, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61421. The Survey maps it on the Whitefield quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1933 USGS Camp Grove quadrangle1:48000
- 1945 USGS Bradford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Whitefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milo in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | A trained spotter reported that 6 inch diameter tree branches were down. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | Grain bin blown down, utility poles snapped, and an overturned LP Tank near location. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Milo | - | A trained spotter reported that gravel roads and bridges were washed out as creeks overflowed. The water had receded by 530 AM on July 5. |
| February 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Milo | - | This tornado touched down and spent most of its time moving through Stark County, Illinois, generally south of Bradford and just east of Castleton. It lifted in far western Bureau county. Trees were damaged by this tornado, along with a farm outbuilding, and minor damage to a few homes. The estimated peak wind was 95 mph. The entire path length was 5.51 miles, after initially touching down 5.3 miles southwest of Bradford, 41.11 N / -89.7145 W. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | Emergency manager reported a bowing storm produced extensive wind damage through Stark County, hitting the town of Bradford particularly hard. The storm continued into southern Bureau County, striking at least 3 farms northeast of Bradford in the vicinity of 300 North Avenue. Three pole barns and a grain bin were destroyed. A house and vehicle were damaged, and numerous trees were snapped. |
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 | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lone Tree Corners | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Providence | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Burnett | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tiskilwa | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Buda | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bourbonais (historical) | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wyanet | 11.9 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 Milo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6860273 | 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 413630. 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.
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.