BlockYeager, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sumner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60940. It stands on East Branch Tower Creek. The Survey maps it on the Momence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Momence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Yeager between 2009 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 101870 |
| 5 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2020-1179 |
| 26 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 400 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yeager in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yeager | $50,000 | Dozens of trees were uprooted along 4000N, northwest of Momence. The fallen trees damaged vehicles and flattened a large pole barn. Just down the road, a roof of an outbuilding was partially removed. At the same location the roof of a house was torn off. Pieces of twisted metal from the roofs of barns and sheds were found in trees and wrapped around nearby utility poles. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Yeager | - | A photo shared shows a landspout tornado occurring along State Route 1/17 between Grant Park and Momence. The landspout threw a car into a ditch but did not cause any known damage to structures or trees. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yeager | - | Utility poles were blown down with debris on roadways near County Roads 6000 North and 7500 East. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Yeager | - | Multiple reports of flash flooding were received from the Momence area, including two feet of water over 4000 N Road, northwest of Momence. Storm total rainfall of 4.07 inches was reported in Momence. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Yeager | - | This tornado began north of Momence along Illinois Highway 17, crossed the Illinois-Indiana state line and tracked near 241st Ave. in Indiana. The tornado then passed through the far south end of the town of Schneider and ended near the Kankakee River southwest of Shelby. Damage was done to a roof of a barn along with numerous hardwood trees snapped and uprooted. Maximum winds were estimated to 110 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitaker | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eldridge | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Momence | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Grant Park | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saint George | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Judson (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ward | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Exline | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423342. 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.
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.