BlockBogota, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smallwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62448. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Newton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bogota in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bogota | 1 hurt, $120,000 | Four camping trailers were blown over at Kuhl's Kozy Kampground. A tree fell on one trailer cutting it in half. One person sustained minor injuries. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bogota | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Part of a metal roof was blown off a house just west of Kuhl's Kozy Kampground. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bogota | - | Powerlines were blown down. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Bogota | - | Periods of heavy rain on already saturated ground produced flash flooding in southern Jasper County. Observers reported 3.00 to 5.00 inches of rain during the morning. This resulted in the flash flooding of many rural roads, creeks and low water crossings in the southern third of the county. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bogota | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down in Wheeler. The roof of a front porch was torn off of a house southwest of Bogota. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Bogota | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bogota | - | 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 Bogota | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4937742 | 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 404648. 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.