BlockBoulder, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62231. It stands on Brewster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boulder quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Boulder between 2010 and 2014, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000017 |
| 30 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000086 |
| 3 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | RUBEL |
| 17 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEERTRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boulder: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laws Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulder in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Boulder | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in about a 3 hour period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded in the far eastern portions of the county, including Shattuc Road just south of intersection with U.S. Highway 50 due to Lost Creek rising well out of it's banks. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boulder | - | County sheriff reported power lines down in Boulder and near Carlyle Lake, |
| May 1996 | Hail | Boulder | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Boulder | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panorama Hills | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harbor Light Bay | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Keyesport | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| North Harbor | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ferrin | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Shattuc | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Huey | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Marydale | 7.8 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.
| Wikipedia article on Boulder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4949523 | 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 404717. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.