BlockBeamington, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Ball Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62558. It lies near Cotton Hill. The Survey maps it on the New City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Divernon quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Divernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS New City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS New City quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beamington in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Beamington | - | A tornado touched down 3 miles north of Pawnee at 6:09 PM CDT. It caused minor roof damage and blew down several trees before it crossed into Christian County just north of the intersection of Pawnee-New City Road and Skaggs Road at 6:13 PM CDT. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Beamington | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Hail | Beamington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| New City | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Toronto | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Glenarm | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cascade | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pawnee | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Commanche Village | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Woodside | 5.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122558202 | 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 422444. 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.