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Yuton, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Dry Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61705. The Survey maps it on the Normal West quadrangle.

Yuton within McLean County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

4,946 words on this township

The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois : Containing Two Hundred and Sixty-one Sketches of Old Settlers, a Complete Historical Sketch of the Black Hawk War and Descriptions of All Matters of Interest Relating to McLean County, published 1874 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Dry Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Dry Grove Township - 4,946 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Yuton in 2014, burning about 6 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
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 April 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-060
24 February 2014Smokingunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources2014-033

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLean County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yuton: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Normal City PitStonePast Producer
Baugh Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Market Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McLean County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yuton in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
June 2021Flash FloodYuton$200,000Several intersections in Bloomington were flooded. Numerous cars were stranded in high water: however, no water rescues were reported. I-74 near the Downs exit was flooded.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindYuton$15,000A semi was blown over on I-74 at mile marker 125.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindYuton-A street sign was bent 90 degrees and a tree was blown down at a nearby house.
June 2022Flash FloodYuton-Several streets were flooded in Normal.
April 1994HailYuton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLean 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
Twin Grove2.9 miles13
Cardinal Court3.4 miles15
Bloomington Heights3.9 miles13
Normal3.9 miles15
Kerrick4.1 miles15
Bloomington4.9 miles14
Carlock5.1 miles13
Greenbriar6.1 miles15

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 YutonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85816945The 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 423345. 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.