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Triumph, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ophir Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61342. The Survey maps it on the Troy Grove quadrangle. 100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Triumph within LaSalle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

992 words on this township

History of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ophir Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ophir Township - 992 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Triumph between 2014 and 2017, burning about 46 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
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-271
11 April 2014Debris and open burning40 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14-0000047
19 March 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-63

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in LaSalle 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 Triumph: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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. Baker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Manley Bros. Troy Grove PitSilicaPlant
Prairie State Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Troy Grove Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Triumph in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2016FloodTriumph$2,000Standing water across approximately one third of the towns roads.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTriumph$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTriumph-A large tree had been downed onto a property north of Triumph.
October 2021Tornado (EFU)Triumph-A trained spotter reported a brief tornado touched down southwest of Triumph. No damage was reported.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindTriumph-A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 39 near Mendota.

Every storm recorded in LaSalle 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
Troy Grove3.9 miles20
Waltham4.6 miles20
Meriden5.0 miles11
Prairie Center5.1 miles25
Culton (historical)5.2 miles20
Mendota6.0 miles11
Dimmick6.5 miles20
Peterstown6.6 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.

Wikipedia article on TriumphAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7844477The 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 419883. 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.