Parkland, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61546. It lies near The Mound. The Survey maps it on the Manito quadrangle. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1929 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Manito quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Manito quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
8,010 words on this townshipHistory of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Spring Lake Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Spring Lake Township - 8,010 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Parkland between 2009 and 2018, burning about 4 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018-76 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 032-2017 |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SUNSET |
| 11 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 036-17 |
| 12 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 257 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parkland: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elzie Hurley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkland in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 tornado, 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Parkland | $31,400,000 | Very heavy rainfall of 3.00 to 5.00 inches resulted in damage to thousands of houses and businesses in the county, which included the cities of East Peoria, Pekin, Washington and Morton. Every creek and stream in the western and northern part of the county was flooded. Nearly every road in the flooded area was impassable, including parts of Interstate 74 which had to be closed. Numerous water rescues were made. Mudslides were also reported on the bluffs along the Illinois River which did damage to a gas station and covered U.S. Highway 150 with several inches of mud. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Parkland | $275,000 | A tornado briefly touched down 1.5 miles west of Parkland on a farm. It destroyed 4 large grain bins and blew a machine shed 100 yards from where it had been. A garage nearby sustained minor damage with siding and a door blown off. No injuries were reported. |
| December 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Parkland | $80,000 | A tornado briefly touched down 4.8 miles southwest of South Pekin at 5:34 PM CST. The tornado blew over a couple of outbuildings, damaged a pool deck structure near a home, and tipped over an irrigation system before dissipating 4.7 miles southwest of South Pekin at 5:35 PM CST. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Parkland | - | A broadcast meteorologist video taped a brief tornado touchdown near Spring Lake Township, which then moved northeast for about one minute before dissipating. No damage was noted. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Parkland | - | A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Spring Lake Road and State Park Road about 3 miles southeast of Banner at 2:37 PM CDT before quickly dissipating. No damage was observed. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkland | - | Numerous power poles were blown down and siding was damaged on a house along Weir Road between Jacob Road and Wagonseller Road. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Parkland | - | A tornado touched down along the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms about 3.5 miles west-northwest of Green Valley at 11:14 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, damaging the roof of a manufactured home and several trees before dissipating 2.6 miles northwest of Green Valley at 11:16 PM CDT. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkland | - | Numerous large tree branches were blown down about 6 miles north of Manito. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Parkland | - | Rainfall amounts of 2.00 to 3.00, on top of waterlogged ground, were reported during the early evening of June 28th in extreme southwest Tazewell County. This resulted in the flooding of rural roads in the Spring Lake area and near the Mason County line north of Manito. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Parkland | - | A narrow band of thunderstorms produced 2.00 to 2.50 of rain on very saturated ground in southern Tazewell County. Numerous rural roads were impassable from south of Pekin through Hopedale and Delavan to the Spring Lake area during the afternoon hours of June 26th. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Parkland | - | Very heavy rainfall of 3.00 to 5.00 inches resulted in damage to thousands of houses and businesses in the county, including the cities of East Peoria, Pekin, Washington and Morton. Every creek and stream in the western and northern part of the county was flooded. Nearly every road in the flooded area was impassable, including parts of Interstate 74 which had to be closed. Numerous water rescues were made. Mudslides were also reported along the western bluffs along the Illinois River which did damage to a gas station and covered U.S. Highway 150 with several inches of mud. The flash flooding was so significant that creeks stayed in flood and most roads remained closed until the afternoon of April 22nd. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Parkland | - | Slow moving thunderstorms created rainfall rates of 1.00 to 2.00 inches per hour over already saturated ground due to flash flooding the previous night in southern and eastern Tazewell County. Numerous roads were flooded and one vehicle rescue was made. Rainfall totals from May 30th through the 31st ranged from 4.00 to 7.00 inches. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Parkland | - | Thunderstorms moved along the Illinois River, producing a band of heavy rainfall in southwest Tazewell County during the early morning hours. More than 2.50 of rain occurred in less than 90 minutes after Midnight LST. Numerous rural roads were impassable. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkland | - | Numerous reports of trees, power poles, and power lines down as a bowecho moved through the south half of Tazewell County. Several outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. Several irrigation rigs were blown over. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Parkland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talbott | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Radville | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Stoehrs | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| South Pekin | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Powerton | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hawley (historical) | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Green Valley | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Parkland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912640 | 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 423055. 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.








