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North Hanover, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elizabeth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61028. It lies near Irish Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hanover quadrangle.

North Hanover within Jo Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

13,991 words on this township

The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Elizabeth Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Elizabeth Township - 13,991 words.

Fires near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of North Hanover between 2008 and 2012, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWURSTER
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesELECTRIC
17 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeCAFETERIA FIRE
7 April 2011Equipment and vehicle use8.4 acresSavanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeWHITTON GUARD HOUSE
5 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHASS
23 April 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHANOVER
23 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHANOVER2
2 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWHEELERIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of North Hanover: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Bertsch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haggerty MineZinc, LeadUnknownGalena, Sphalerite
Kansas MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena, Sphalerite
Nobis QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Haggerty MineLeadPast Producer
Illinois MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena, Sphalerite
Illinois MineLeadPast Producer
Skene MineLead, ZincPast Producer1901, 1907
Theodore Volquaidts ProspectZincOccurrence1966
Theodore Volquaidts ProspectZincProspect

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hanover in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2024Tornado (EF1)North Hanover-A tornado developed just northeast of Hanover in Jo Daviess County, and tracked to the southeast around 50 mph along an intermittent path. The tornado caused significant roof damage to a home east of Hanover that was rated EF-1. The tornado then moved into Carroll County near S. Breyer Road, around 18:02 CST. The tornado caused EF-1 damage around Lake Carroll, including damage to a garage, gazebo, and boat dock, and numerous trees downed. The tornado then downed trees in Shannon before lifting around 18:16 CST. The tornado was rated EF-1 with maximum winds around 100 mph, in both Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties.
June 2008Flash FloodNorth Hanover-Heavy rains caused rapid rises of the Apple River during the late evening of June 12 and morning hours of June 13. The Apple river overflowed its banks and was covering W Lone Street just west of Elizabeth, IL around 11:00 pm June 12. The flash flood waters began to recede around mid morning June 13.

Every storm recorded in Jo Daviess 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
Weston (historical)1.6 miles18
Hanover2.6 miles18
Pleasant Hill (historical)3.0 miles14
Rodden3.2 miles18
Elizabeth3.5 miles14
Whitton4.9 miles15
Winston5.3 miles18
Blanding5.8 miles18

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 Q60756237The 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 423026. 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.