BlockNew Lebanon, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Genoa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60140. The Survey maps it on the Hampshire quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1938 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hampshire quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,576 words on this townshipHistory of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868 names this settlement in its chapter on Genoa Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Not long after his burial, the doctor and Mrs. Gleason were arrested on a charge of murdering hiui by poison. The body was exhumed, and the contents of the stomach examined. A special term was held for their trial, but the evidence of guilt was insufficient, and they were discharged.
Passage source: History of DeKalb County, Illinois, published 1868.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of New Lebanon in 2003, burning under an acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Lebanon in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2008 | Flood | New Lebanon | 3 hurt, $15,000 | Flooding continued across parts of southern and central DeKalb County into the morning of September 14th. A car drove into flood waters on Rimsnider Road near Hinckley during the evening of September 13th. The car was swept away by fast flowing flood waters. A man, woman and small child (along with their pets) in the car, were able to get out of the car but were trapped on a small piece of land by water. Several hours later, they were rescued. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | New Lebanon | $100,000 | Very heavy rain fell across north central De Kalb County during the early morning hours of July 24th producing widespread flooding and flash flooding. Street and basement flooding was reported. A trailer park in Sycamore was evacuated with almost 8 inches of rainfall reported in Sycamore. Many roads were flooded and closed in Sycamore. Route 72 was flooded in Kirkland. Storm total rainfall of 5.46 inches was measured two miles southwest of Genoa. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lebanon | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lebanon | - | A semi truck was blown over on Route 72, east of Genoa. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | New Lebanon | - | A tornado touched down near the intersection of Roosevelt and Melms Road where a barn was damaged and debris from the barn was blown downstream into a field. The tornado continued across fields until it crossed into Kane County where power lines were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Flood | New Lebanon | - | After heavy rain and flash flooding during the early morning hours of July 24th, flooding continued through the evening hours across parts of north central De Kalb County. |
| September 2008 | Flood | New Lebanon | - | Widespread flooding across parts of DeKalb County slowly receded through September 17th. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | New Lebanon | - | Heavy rain caused significant flooding across parts of southern and central DeKalb County. Stormtotal rainfall of 5.40 inches was reported in DeKalb. Street flooding was reported in Hinckley and Waterman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Grove | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Genoa | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kingston | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sycamore | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Five Points | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Colvin Park | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wilkinson | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cortland | 13.1 miles | 9 |
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 New Lebanon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7009765 | 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 421958. 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.