BlockAtwater, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Shaws Point Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62572. It stands on Shearles Branch. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1923 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
642 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Shaws Point Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Shaws Point Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Atwater: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atwater in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Atwater | - | Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded, especially in Carlinville and Girard. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Atwater | - | Storm spotters reported 1.25 inch hail at Atwater. |
| August 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Atwater | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a cornfield 1 mile north of Atwater, causing extensive damage to the crop. No crop damage estimate was available. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Atwater | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoper | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Standard City | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| McVey | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Womac | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Nilwood | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Anderson | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Greenridge | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Girard | 8.4 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 Atwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4818823 | 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 422421. 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.