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Standard, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Granville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61326. The Survey maps it on the Spring Valley quadrangle. 225 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Standard within Putnam County

Population over time

3 figures

Standard fell from 256 to 225 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000256
2010220-36 (-14%)
2020225+5 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Standard between 2008 and 2019, burning about 118 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2

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
3 August 2019Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-00092
20 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTAND5
6 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources008-42
1 May 2013Smoking5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesSTAND3
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources13-0000025
24 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2018-058
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000035
31 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-0000034

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Standard: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Bonucci Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bonucci Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gedraitis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ossola PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Standard in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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 2003Thunderstorm WindStandard$1,000,000no account filed
October 2004Thunderstorm WindStandard$20,000The same storm that produced a downburst 10 minutes earlier produced another around the town of Standard, Illinois. Numerous trees and powerlines were downed with a brand new 20x16 shed destroyed. The debris from the shed was scattered up to 400 yards away. The sheriff stated that the strongest winds only lasted 20 to 30 seconds.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindStandard$5003 to 4 inch diameter limbs down
June 2018Flash FloodStandard-Water was over Route 89.
April 2017Flash FloodStandard-Law enforcement reported the water was flowing over portions of Highways 89, 18, and 71. These roads were not closed but vehicles had to turn around at some spots.
October 2000Thunderstorm WindStandard-92 mph wind gust measured by observation equipment at Fire Department. Numerous trees down and other damage.
November 2013HailStandard-no account filed
July 2006Heavy RainStandard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Granville2.5 miles19
Mark3.7 miles13
Florid5.6 miles17
McNabb5.7 miles11
Moronts6.4 miles13
Hennepin8.6 miles13
Magnolia9.9 miles11
Caledonia (historical)10.2 miles17

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 StandardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2668438The 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 419029. 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.