BlockAmerica, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in America precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62996. It stands on Hodges Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olmsted quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 25 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.
- 1931 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Olmsted quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Olmsted quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of America: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City Dredge & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Mound City Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Clay, Inc. Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names America in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 4 flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2011 | Flood | America | $30,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | America | - | Water was over State Highway 37 in a couple of places. Water was over the main road in Mound City. A car hydroplaned and went off the road on Interstate 57 near mile marker 21 southbound. |
| September 2012 | Funnel Cloud | America | - | A funnel cloud was seen crossing the Ohio River into northwest Ballard County, Kentucky. |
| February 2020 | Flood | America | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Flood | America | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | America | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | America | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olmsted | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Pryortown | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Spencer Heights | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Villa Ridge | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| North Mounds | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Mound City | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Mounds | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Levings | 6.4 miles | 25 |
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 America | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4742616 | 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 422407. 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.
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.