BlockAlexander, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Alexander precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62601. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle. 155 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 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.
- 1932 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Alexander between 2009 and 2010, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1077 |
| 5 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alexander in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexander | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Alexander. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Alexander | - | A tornado touched down in an open field 0.5 miles northwest of Alexander at 3:26 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward damaging several large trees before crossing I-72 near mile marker 76, where it blew over a semi truck. It continued northeastward damaging additional large trees before dissipating about 2 miles northwest of Alexander near Highway 123 at 3:28 PM CDT. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Alexander | - | Heavy rain of 3.00 to 5.00 inches from the late evening of May 18th through the early morning of May 19th produced flash flooding in eastern Morgan County. Numerous rural roads were closed from Alexander to Rees to Franklin. Illinois Route 104 from Rees to Franklin was also closed in spots. The flooding subsided in most areas around 8:30 am. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Alexander | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field 3 miles northeast of Alexander at 4:20 PM CDT. No damage was reported. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexander | - | Small tree limbs were blown across Interstate 72 along the Morgan/Sangamon county line. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Alexander | - | One foot of water covering southbound lane of Illinois Route 123 between Alexander and Ashland. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexander | - | Thunderstorm winds flipped a mobile home, destroying it. No injuries were reported. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Alexander | - | A tornado briefly touched down 1 NW of Alexander destroying a couple of sheds and damaging one home. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexander | - | A couple of trees were blown down and a garage and home sustained some minor damage. No damage estimate was available. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Alexander | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Alexander | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Alexander | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Alexander | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4718109 | 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 403398. 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.