North Chillicothe, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Chillicothe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61523. It stands on Hallock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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 Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Rome quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
3,549 words on this townshipThe History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Chillicothe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Chillicothe Township - 3,549 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of North Chillicothe in 2012, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WEIGARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Chillicothe: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chillicothe Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chillicothe Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riverside Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Chillicothe in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | North Chillicothe | 1 killed, $28,000,000 | High impact flooding on the Illinois River continued from April.||Numerous homes along the Illinois River in Chillicothe, Rome, Mossville and Mapleton suffered flood damage due to record river levels. Several businesses were damaged, and numerous streets were flooded, along the Illinois River in downtown Peoria. A total of 505 homes and businesses were damaged by the flooding in Peoria County. Early in the morning on May 4th a man drowned when he drove his vehicle into the floodwaters northeast of downtown Peoria. High impact flooding subsided when the river level at Peoria fell below a stage of 22 feet on May 8th. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chillicothe | $150,000 | Several trees were blown down, including one that damaged a car and part of a house. |
| April 2020 | Flash Flood | North Chillicothe | - | Two feet of water was flowing across Yankee Lane and Rt 29 just north of Chillicothe. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chillicothe | - | A 12-inch diameter tree branch was blown down. |
| April 2013 | Flood | North Chillicothe | - | Numerous homes along the Illinois river in Chillicothe, Rome, Mossville and Mapleton suffered damage due to record river levels. Several businesses along the Illinois River in downtown Peoria were also damaged by the flooding. The river stage at Peoria climbed to a record level of 29.35 feet on April 23rd at 19:30 local time, which was nearly 12 feet above flood stage. High impact flooding continued into the month of May 2013. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | North Chillicothe | - | Rainfall amounts of 1.50 to 2.00 during the evening fell on saturated ground from previous flooding. This resulted in widespread flash flooding across nearly all of Peoria County, including the city of Peoria. Many streets in Peoria were flooded, which caused vehicles to become stranded and forced up manhole coveres. Outside of the city, many rural roads were impassable, as were portions of State Highway 8, 28, 90, 91 and 116. |
| April 2020 | Hail | North Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | North Chillicothe | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | North Chillicothe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chillicothe | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| North Hampton | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Coughlin | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Rome | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| South Rome | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Edelstein | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| West Hallock | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Akron | 8.3 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598182 | 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 414579. 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.











