BlockAdvance, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Grandville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62481. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Dell 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.
- 1940 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hazel Dell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hazel Dell quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Advance in 1 storm report in 2026: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Advance | - | A tornado touched down northeast of the intersection of North 1800th Street and East 2000th Avenue about 2 miles north-northwest of Yale at 6:10 AM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward, damaging trees and destroying a barn south of the intersection of North 2000th Street and East 2100th Avenue before dissipating at 6:12 AM CDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Point Pleasant | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hidalgo | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Plainfield | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Hill | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hunt City | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Brookville | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Falmouth | 9.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422387. 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.
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.