BlockScraper-Moecherville, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Aurora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60505. It lies near Waubonsie Hill. The Survey maps it on the Aurora South 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.
- 1925 USGS Yorkville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aurora South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Yorkville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Aurora South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Scraper-Moecherville in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000121 |
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 Scraper-Moecherville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fox Valley Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hafrenrichter Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scraper-Moecherville in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Lightning | Scraper Moecherville | $300,000 | Lightning sparked a fire at the Parks and Recreation administration building. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Scraper Moecherville | $100,000 | Flooding of low lying areas and some streets was reported across southern Kane County. Signficant flooding occurred in the Ogden Gardens neighborhood on Aurora's East side, on Parkside Avenue north of East New York Street. Sandbags were placed around at least one house and several houses suffered basement flooding. Storm total rainfall of 2.98 inches was measured in Aurora. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scraper Moecherville | $500 | A street light was blown down on Montgomery Road just east of Farnsworth Avenue. Tree limbs were also blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scraper Moecherville | - | Estimated gusts to 65 mph occurred one block south of Four Seasons Boulevard and Victoria Park Circle. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Aurora | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Marywood | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Montgomery | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Exposition View | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| North Aurora | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Randall Hills | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mooseheart | 6.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122566909 | The 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 418156. 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.