Yeoward Addition, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Coloma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61071. It stands on Howland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sterling quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1930 USGS Woodsung quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Coloma township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Forty-Sixth Illinois Infantry
This regiment had its share of hard fighting and hard luck. At the slaughter of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, with Hurlburt's Fourth Division under Grant, one-half of its officers and men were killed, wounded and missing. They were at Corinth in May when Beauregard retired before Halleck, and at the siege of Vicksburg when Grant starved Pemberton into surrender, July 4, 1863.
In the county-history sources
29,462 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885; History of Whiteside County, Illinois from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908 : Illustrated, with Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County, published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Coloma Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Coloma Township - 29,462 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Yeoward Addition between 2018 and 2019, burning about 4 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-369 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 18-414 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-322 |
| 31 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-294 |
| 23 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-274 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Yeoward Addition: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Sand & Gravel Pit #2 & | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Propheter Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Falls Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Whiteside Blacktop Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yeoward Addition in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yeoward Addition | 2 hurt, $25,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew a semi trailer carrying pretzels onto its side on westbound Interstate 88. Both the driver and passenger suffered minor injuries. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yeoward Addition | - | Power lines have been downed by the thunderstorm winds. Time estimated by radar. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yeoward Addition | - | A trained spotter reported trees down along Dixon Road. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yeoward Addition | - | Direct thunderstorm wind gust measurnment from the Sterling AWOS. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Yeoward Addition | - | A large supercell thunderstorm produced significant wind damage as well as two tornadoes in eastern Whiteside counties. This EF1 tornado caused damage to trees, with winds of estimated 105 mph, rated on hardwood tree trunks snapped. This tornado continued in a short path into Lee 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Falls | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sterling | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Woodland Hills | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Douglas Park | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grimes Addition | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Como | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Galt | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Emerson | 6.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q8052511 | 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 421574. 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.






