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North Hampton, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hallock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61523. It stands on Henry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle.

North Hampton within Peoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

16,399 words on this township

The 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 Hallock Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hallock Township - 16,399 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of North Hampton 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/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWEIGARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Peoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Hampton: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chillicothe Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chillicothe Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Riverside Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Peoria County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hampton in 1 storm report in 2017: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Hampton$50,000Several power poles were blown down along Krause Road between Cloverdale and Spillman Roads.

Every storm recorded in Peoria County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
North Chillicothe2.0 miles20
Chillicothe2.9 miles19
Coughlin3.3 miles19
Rome3.8 miles20
Edelstein4.8 miles21
West Hallock5.4 miles21
South Rome5.6 miles23
Akron6.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414615. 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.