BlockAtterberry, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Atterberry No. 10 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62675. The Survey maps it on the Oakford quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1933 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Oakford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Atterberry between 2013 and 2015, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-000005 |
| 11 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-000045 |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015-000064 |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2015-000062 |
| 6 December 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-000029 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atterberry in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atterberry | $25,000 | Several trees were uprooted along a half mile path near Atterberry. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atterberry | - | Sentinel satellite imagery showed an area of mild crop damage oriented towards the northeast. The area of crop damage extended from near the intersection of Fairgrounds Street and Cape Horn Hill Road northeast towards the Sangamon River, ending at Wilken Avenue. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Atterberry | - | The tornado began along Ed Hinrichs Road, where it produced minor damage to trees. It then moved northeast, destroying five grain bins and removing the tops of hardwood trees at a farmstead along Gellerman Road. The last observed damage was at a pair of homes along Newmansville Avenue, where large, healthy tree limbs were blown off of hardwoord trees, numerous evergreen trees were topped, and shingles were removed from both homes. The tornado was rated EF-1. ||EF-1 tornado with max winds of 110 mph. It tracked 1.4 miles and caused tree damage, destroyed 5 grain bins, and removed shingles from two homes. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Atterberry | - | A tornado touched down about one half mile east of Atterberry at 8:07 PM CST. The tornado tracked northeastward, significantly damaging a pair of metal sheds along Pin Hook Avenue. It mainly passed through open fields until reaching a farm along Masters Avenue about a half mile west of Fairgrounds Street where a machine shed was destroyed and a couple other outbuildings were damaged. The worst damage was along Altig Bridge Avenue about a half mile east of Fairgrounds Street. A house sustained significant damage to its roof, several trees were snapped, and sheds across the road were damaged or destroyed. From this point, the tornado mainly traveled in farm fields, overturning an irrigation pivot before lifting just shy of the Sangamon River at 8:16 PM CST. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atterberry | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 97. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Atterberry | - | Heavy rain of 2.50 to 4.00 inches during the early morning hours of May 1st resulted in widespread flooding across much of Menard County. Multiple streets in Petersburg were flooded, and several rural roads were closed due to flowing water. Salt Creek flooded out of its banks into fields and adjacent roads. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Atterberry | - | Eight to ten inches of flowing water was over Route 97 north of Petersburg. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atterberry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees one mile south of Atterberry. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Atterberry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Oakford | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bobtown | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Petersburg | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hill Top | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Petersburg | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Old Salem Chautauqua | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| New Salem (historical) | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Atterberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4818254 | 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 403706. 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.