BlockBald Bluff, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bald Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61453. The Survey maps it on the Seaton quadrangle. It stands 633 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.
- 1935 USGS Keithsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Keithsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS Keithsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Seaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:100000
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 Bald Bluff: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addleman Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New Liberty Plant #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bald Bluff in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Bald Bluff | $4,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Bald Bluff | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Bald Bluff | $250 | Heavy rains of 2 to 3 inches fell over portions of northeast Henderson County during the morning of April 30 resulting in flooding of creeks, streams, and low-lying areas as well as some basements of area residences. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Bluff | - | Recorded gust with wind measuring equipment. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Bluff | - | A trained spotter reported strong winds flattened a swath of corn near this location. The winds were estimated to be around 50 MPH. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bald Bluff | - | Sub-severe hail three quarters inch in diameter fell 4 miles south southwest of Seaton, IL at 122 pm CDT May 7, 2014. |
| April 2009 | Heavy Rain | Bald Bluff | - | Rainfall of 2.40 inches was recorded about 4 miles south southwest of Seaton, IL the morning of April 30. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bald Bluff | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph were observed about 5 miles northeast of Oquawka, IL around 900 pm August 9. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Bald Bluff | - | Rated high F0 |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bald Bluff | - | 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.
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 Bald Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033094 | 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 422428. 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.