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Sherburnville, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Yellowhead Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60940. The Survey maps it on the Illiana Heights quadrangle.

Sherburnville within Kankakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sherburnville 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/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
1 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2020-579

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kankakee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sherburnville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Momence Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Kankakee County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherburnville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Sherburnville-This tornado began just west of the Illinois-Indiana state line near CR 9000N in northeast Kankakee County. The first instances of damage included uprooted softwood trees, downed large branches from hardwood trees, and minor structural damage noted near Stateline Rd on either side of the border. The storm continued northeast into Lake County, Indiana where it caused additional damage to trees and a handful of structures.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Sherburnville-A tornado with estimated peak winds of 90 mph touched down in a field just east of County Road N 14500 E and north of County Road E 9000 N. Just after touch down, the tornado peeled off a significant portion of roofing material off a building at a food facility near County Road N 16000 E. A semi trailer was rolled over in an adjacent parking lot. The tornado was likely at peak intensity in this area. The tornado moved northeast across mainly open fields resulting in little damage until after it crossed County Road N 16750 E where numerous trees were damaged and a few homes sustained shingle and fascia damage. The tornado ended just northeast of this area, in a field just west of County Road N 17500 E.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSherburnville-A twenty foot tall, six inch diameter apple tree was blown down near Bull Creek Road and Route 17.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSherburnville-A wind gust to 59 mph was measured near State Line Road and 10500 North.
June 2011HailSherburnville-Quarter size hail was reported near Route 17 and 14500 East.

Every storm recorded in Kankakee 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
Puder3.5 miles15
Edgetown3.8 miles15
Illiana Heights4.1 miles15
Lake4.2 miles15
Garden of Eden4.2 miles15
Woodland4.6 miles15
Shadow Lawn5.0 miles15
Litchfield5.0 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on SherburnvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65053431The 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 418352. 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.