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Osborn, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Zuma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61257. The Survey maps it on the Port Byron quadrangle.

Osborn within Rock Island County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Osborn between 2008 and 2020, burning about 236 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-099 DITCH FIRE
4 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesTREE
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-108 MM 1 I-88
6 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-090
11 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-094
27 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-063
2 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-051
12 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-057

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rock Island County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Osborn: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Mc Dowell Sand & ExcavatingSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oberlander PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cleveland Quarry Plant #31Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hillside Plt & Quay Midway StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock River Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Rock Island County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osborn in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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
September 2018FloodOsborn-Episodes of heavy rainfall of about 5 to 15 inches in a 10 day period in much of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin caused the Rock River to rise above major flood stage near Joslin. The extended duration between the forecast and actual occurrence of lower end major river flooding allowed preparations to preclude major damage downstream. The gauge near Joslin rose above major flood stage of 16.5 feet at 445 PM CST on 6 September. Then crested around 16.53 feet at 8 PM CST on September 6th and fell below 16.5 feet at approximately 845 AM CST on 7 September.
November 2015Tornado (EF0)Osborn-The NWS storm survey team reported an EF-0 tornado briefly developed just NNE OF OSBORN IL. The tornado path was was 0.1 miles long and 100 yards wide. The time of the event was estimated from radar. There were 4 houses with minor damage with outbuildings damaged. A corn crib was moved 40 yards and destroyed. A privacy fence and some trees were down.
May 2023HailOsborn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rock Island 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
Rustic Acres1.4 miles23
Joslin3.6 miles14
Barstow4.5 miles23
Rapids City5.5 miles23
Cedar Brook5.9 miles23
Carbon Cliff6.5 miles14
Babcock6.5 miles21
Port Byron6.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415190. 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.