BlockRowe, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Esmen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61764. It stands on The Slough. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Pontiac quadrangle.
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.
- 1935 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Northwest Pontiac quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Northwest Pontiac quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rowe in 2010, burning about 35 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PONTIAC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rowe: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Hwy. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pontiac Portable Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Raube Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowe in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Rowe | - | Two separate reports of four inch diameter hail came out of Livingston County near the I-55 corridor near the communities of Rowe and Cayuga. A handful of reports came out of this same area ranging in size from 1 to 4 inches in diameter. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Rowe | - | A remote NWS survey found an EF-U tornado had touched down near the community of Rowe, Illinois. It's estimated that the tornado had a total lifespan of only several seconds. Aside from kicking up some dirt, the tornado had produced no damage. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Rowe | - | Flooding of agricultural land and possibly some rural roads was reported near Interstate 55 and Route 23. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Rowe | - | Route 23 was flooded at 2300 N. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowe | - | A few trees and multiple utility poles were blown down in Pontiac. A wind gust to 64 mph was measured at the airport. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 417009. 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.