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Tallmadge, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Pembroke Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60958. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle.

Tallmadge within Kankakee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tallmadge between 2019 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
28 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2019-00000096
20 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2019-00000071
1 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2020-579
23 March 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2019-00000089

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kankakee 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 Tallmadge: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
C. Shrock Clay PitClayPast Producer
Lehigh Main QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Azzarelli Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grosso Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grosso Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tanner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kankakee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tallmadge in 1 storm report in 2012: 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
August 2012HailTallmadge-Quarter size hail was reported near 2690 South Road and 13000 East Road.

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
Doney3.1 miles13
Ahern3.1 miles15
Hopkins Park3.3 miles13
Koster3.5 miles13
River3.7 miles15
Ward4.0 miles14
Litchfield4.1 miles15
Log Cabin Camp4.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423229. 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.