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Sankoty, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Peoria City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61615. It sits by High Point. The Survey maps it on the Spring Bay quadrangle.

Sankoty within Peoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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.

In the county-history sources

43,882 words on this township

The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Peoria City Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Peoria City Township - 43,882 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sankoty in 2018, burning under an acre 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
Debris and open burning1

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
24 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources075-18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Peoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sankoty: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Peoria City PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Construction Materials Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jubilee Materials Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peoria Concrete Construction Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Powley Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spring Bay SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Peoria County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sankoty in 2 storm reports in 2013: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
April 2013Flash FloodSankoty2 hurt, $100,000,000Torrential rainfall of 4.00 to 8.00 inches resulted in damage to thousands of houses and businesses in the county, including the city of Peoria where two houses collapsed into the basement injuring two people. Every creek and stream in the county was flooded. Nearly every road in the county was impassable, including parts of Interstate 74 which had to be closed. Numerous water rescues were made. Mudslides were also reported along the eastern bluffs along the Illinois River.
April 2013FloodSankoty-Torrential rainfall of 4.00 to 8.00 inches resulted in damage to thousands of houses and businesses in the county, including the city of Peoria where two houses collapsed into the basement injuring two people. Every creek and stream in the county was flooded. Nearly every road in the county was impassable, including parts of Interstate 74 which had to be closed. Numerous water rescues were made. Mudslides were also reported along the eastern bluffs along the Illinois River. The flash flooding was so significant that creeks stayed in flood and most roads remained closed until the afternoon of April 22nd.

Every storm recorded in Peoria 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
Long Shore Park0.3 miles23
Peoria Heights1.0 miles21
Keller1.7 miles23
Averyville3.0 miles21
North Peoria3.1 miles21
Golden Acres3.7 miles19
Mossville3.9 miles23
El Vista4.0 miles19

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 Q122561968The 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 423155. 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.