BlockBarnhill, Illinois
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Barnhill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62809. It stands on Watson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Prairie quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1948 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Burnt Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnhill in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Tornado (F3) | Barnhill | $200,000 | no account filed |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Barnhill | $20,000 | Numerous roads were flooded, a few of which were impassable. At least a couple of vehicles were stranded in floodwater. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhill | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were downed as a line of thunderstorms swept through Wayne County. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Barnhill | - | Minor flooding occurred along the Skillet Fork River in the Wayne City area. Low-lying fields and woodlands were underwater. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Barnhill | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported south of Fairfield, including the community of Barnhill. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhill | - | About a dozen trees were blown down near Interstate 64. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Barnhill | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Barnhill | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Barnhill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fairfield | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Boyleston | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fairfield Estates | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Merriam | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Campbell | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Klines Corner | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mayberry | 9.8 miles | 9 |
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 Barnhill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4861835 | 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 403921. 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.
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.