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Samuelson Corners, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rockford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61107. The Survey maps it on the Rockford North quadrangle.

Samuelson Corners within Winnebago County

On record in Samuelson Corners

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Rockford township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877 - Rockford Township

Winnebago Counit Dieectort

ill Putney, Vt., in 1800 ; he emigrated to Chicago in 1832, where he practiced his profession until 1838, when lie came to Rocliford to I'eside; he married Catherine Dunn, in St. Thomas, Canada, in 1822; she died in 1874; Dr. Goodhue was killed from falling into a well, while attending one of his patients, in 1847.

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In the county-history sources

166,475 words on this township

The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877; History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Llinois, from the First Settlement in 1834 to the Civil War, published 1900 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Rockford Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Rockford Township - 166,475 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Samuelson Corners between 2003 and 2004, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 February 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 February 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Samuelson Corners: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 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
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Racetrack PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brudi PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carrico QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Johns QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Loves Park City Eng.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marks PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mulford Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nimtz Quarry & Mill Portable #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Samuelson Corners in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 8 hail, 3 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
August 2020Tornado (EF1)Samuelson Corners-A tornado with peak winds of 100 mph touched down near Guilford Road, east of Alpine Road and traveled approximately 6 miles northeast to Argyle Road where it crossed into Boone County. Numerous trees, power lines, utility poles and fences were blown down from where the tornado touched down through the Mulford Road and Springbrook Road area. Significant tree damage occurred in a localized area near Rock Valley College. Just northeast of Perryville Road, some utility poles were broken along with extensive tree damage and minor roof and siding damage occurred to some homes. Part of the roof was blown off of a Farm and Fleet building along East Riverside Boulevard, just west of Interstate 90. A home suffered siding and roof damage and metal wall panels were blown off a building, both along Paulson Road.
September 2019FloodSamuelson Corners-Aldeen Golf Club was flooded near Keith Creek.
May 2017HailSamuelson Corners-Broadcast media relayed a photo of two inch diameter hail.
May 2013HailSamuelson Corners-Quarter size hail was reported near Guilford and Alpine Roads.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSamuelson Corners-A large tree split, with a roughly one foot diameter section falling onto power lines near the intersection of Highcrest Road and Alpine Road. In Loves Park, several 15 to 20 inch pine trees snapped where 65 mph winds were measured. A spotter approximately four miles northeast of Loves Park estimated winds to 65 mph, while a spotter two miles east of Rockford estimated winds to 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSamuelson Corners-A boat of unknown size was tied to a dock along the Rock River near Arlington Street. The boat was lifted out of the water and landed in a nearby tree. Several windows were also reported blown out near Arlington Street.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSamuelson Corners-Wind gusts were estimated to 80 mph near North Alpine and Spring Creek Roads.
August 2011FloodSamuelson Corners-Flowing water was reported on Mulford Road near Sandy Hollow Road and State Street.
August 2010FloodSamuelson Corners-Standing water was reported on Alpine Road between Spring Creek Road and State Street. Rainfall amounts included 2.50 inches near Winnebago Road and US20 in Rockford and 3.50 inches in Machesney Park.
June 2009HailSamuelson Corners-Quarter size hail was reported near East State Street and South Mulford Road.
April 2008HailSamuelson Corners-Golf ball size hail was reported near Mulford Road.
April 2008HailSamuelson Corners-Golf ball size hail was reported near State and Mulford Roads.
April 2008HailSamuelson Corners-Walnut size hail was reported at Guilford and Perryville.
August 2020HailSamuelson Corners-no account filed
September 2012HailSamuelson Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Winnebago 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
Loves Park2.3 miles20
Ruby2.6 miles20
Forest Hills Village2.8 miles20
Harlem3.1 miles20
Jonesville3.3 miles20
North Park3.5 miles20
Machesney Park3.6 miles20
Rockford3.8 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122594333The 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 423958. 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.