BlockArcadia, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Arcadia precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62650. It stands on Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Literberry quadrangle. It stands 604 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 Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Literberry quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia between 2008 and 2012, burning about 25 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KUNZEMAN |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1082 |
| 15 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | TOMKO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $150,000 | Several trees, roofs, and power poles were damaged. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Arcadia | - | A tornado briefly touched down north of the Jacksonville Airport at 5:35 PM CDT. It caused minor tree damage before quickly dissipating by 5:36 PM CDT. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Arcadia | - | Heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches on saturated ground resulted in flash flooding in central and eastern Morgan County. Many rural roads northeast and east of Jacksonville were impassable, and several streets in the city were flooded. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Arcadia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literberry | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Savage (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Joy Prairie | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Brownton (historical) | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Portuguese Hill | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Strawns Crossing | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sinclair | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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 Arcadia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4785101 | 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 403589. 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.