BlockRitchie, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Wesley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60481. The Survey maps it on the Symerton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1892 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Symerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Symerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Symerton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ritchie between 2008 and 2009, burning about 9 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie | OLD CHICAGO FARM FIR |
| 18 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BRACE3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ritchie: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles & Son Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wesley Township Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ritchie in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ritchie | - | Two large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Ritchie | - | Approximately six inches of flowing water was reported over Illinois Route 102 in Ritchie. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Ritchie | - | Water quickly rose out of the banks of Forked Creek across Route 102 near Elevator Road stranding motorists and causing road closures. Three motorists from two vehicles had to be rescued by boat. Several inches of rain had fallen the previous day, including a report of 3.57 inches of rain in Wilmington. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ritchie Station | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Custer Park | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ballou | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Resthaven | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Lakewood Shores | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Winchester Estates | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Riverwood Estates | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Wilmington | 4.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416695. 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.