BlockWichert, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in St. Anne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60964. The Survey maps it on the Saint Anne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1922 USGS Momence quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Momence quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS St. Anne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Wichert between 2013 and 2019, burning about 8 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 burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-00024 |
| 27 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-00027 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019-00000092 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019-00000071 |
| 3 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 130-400 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wichert: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois Pit & Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lehigh Main Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wichert in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Wichert | $75,000 | Spotters witnessed a brief secondary tornado to the north of the primary St. Anne tornado. This tornado touched down in a farm field near a creek, about 1/4 mile north of County Road 3500 S, and one quarter mile west of Illinois Route 1. It destroyed a machine shed and flipped over a large grain trailer. The tornado also blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wichert | - | Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Pembroke Township. Almost everyone lost power. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins (historical) | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Anne | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Koster | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hopkins Park | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Doney | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Anne Woods | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Leesville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sun River Terrace | 5.1 miles | 14 |
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 Wichert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65053458 | 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 421125. 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.