BlockAyers, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lagrange Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62246. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle. It stands 591 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 Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ayers: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccaland Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R. M. Rench Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ayers in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ayers | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs at a farm and the side of a metal shed was blown outward. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Ayers | - | Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Hillview Avenue near 4th Street on the south side of Greenville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paisley Corners | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Elm Point (historical) | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Reno | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Durley | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Greenville | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Woburn | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Panama | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sorento | 6.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q4831179 | 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 422425. 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.