BlockRiddle Hill, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gardner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62711. It stands on Archer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmingdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1909 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Tallula quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Farmingdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Farmingdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,009 words on this townshipHistory of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Gardner Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
George Gregory, post office, Bradfordton; son of Benjamin and Catharine Gregory, who were both natives of England, where they both died. They had eight children, viz: Hannah, born 1806; George, born 1808; Bessie, born 1810; Joseph born 1812; May, Catharine and Emma, d te unknown. The subject ot this sketch was the second child, and was born January 8, 1808, and was apprenticed to the machinist trade. After becoming free, he came to America in 1836, and followed his trade in the city of Springfield, having purchased a shop, and carried on the business until 1840, when he began to run on the Northern Cross Railroad from the Illinois river to Springfield; continued that business until it was sold to Dunlap and Lamb and became the Great Western. He spent two winters in Louisiana, making sugar. He purchased land where he now lives, and in 1830, married Miss Sarah Nohls, daughter of John and Sarah Nobis. She was born in England in 1810. They have ten children, viz: George I., born February 2, 1832; Isaac, November 6, 1834; Samuel, September 30, 1836; Jacob, September 23, 1838; Benjamin, January 12, 1842; Elizabeth, January 25, 1844; Mary, April 24, 1848; Emma, April 13, 1852; Eliza, January 6, 1854; George J., December 28, 1856. George was killed by a horse running away with him, January 1, 1842; Samuel was killed by being thrown from a horse January 11, 1868; Benjamin died in his fifth year. The subject of this memoir owns three hundred acres of land, worth $100 an acre. Mr.
Passage source: History of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Riddle Hill between 2010 and 2014, burning about 3 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BISHOP |
| 6 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | OSWOLD |
| 28 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DOBRON |
| 29 January 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FRAASE |
| 28 January 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-02 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riddle Hill in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Riddle Hill | - | Heavy rainfall, with accumulations of 2.50 to 3.50 in one hour resulted in flash flooding in Springfield and adjacent areas. Numerous streets and viaducts were closed due to the flooding, several vehicles were stranded and water rescues were made by first responders. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cody | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bradfordton | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Curran | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Farmingdale | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pasfield | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bando | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Coleman | 4.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416627. 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.
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.