BlockAvena, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Sefton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62458. The Survey maps it on the Avena quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1941 USGS St. Elmo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS St. Elmo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Avena quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Avena quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,968 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Sefton 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 Sefton Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 Avena: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diller Tile Co Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avena in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Avena | - | A strong tornado developed between U.S. Highway 40 and Interstate 70 about 1.4 miles east of Brownstown on County Road 1750E. The tornado destroyed a barn, depositing the debris downstream into the adjacent open field. The tornado continued northeast across U.S. Highway 40 damaging a few outbuildings and silos on a farmstead. The tornado strengthened and grew in size as it moved just to the west of St. Elmo. Here it caused significant damage to three homes and severe damage/complete destruction to numerous outbuildings. Two of the houses were moved from their foundations. This damage was rated EF-2. The tornado continued northeast toward the St. Elmo Golf Club, causing significant damage to trees and destroying a garage and two outbuildings at a residence located on St. Elmo Country Club Road. The tornado continued northeast crossing Illinois Route 128 into Effingham County (WFO ILXs county warning area). The path length of the tornado in Fayette County was 8.5 miles with a max path width of 200 yards. The damage for this segment was estimated to be EF2 with max wind speeds of 120 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 11.4 miles with a max path width of 200 yards and a maximum damage rating of EF2. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Avena | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were closed due to flooding. Also, U.S. Highway 40 had several inches of flowing water over it after Camp Creek went out of its banks near Brownstown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Howards Point (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pruett | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Elmo | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sefton | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint James | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Post Oak | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Confidence | 5.8 miles | 11 |
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 Avena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4828026 | 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 422424. 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.