BlockBryce, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Milford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60953. The Survey maps it on the Woodworth quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1939 USGS Cissna Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Cissna Park quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Woodworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
13,309 words on this townshipHistory of Iroquois County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Milford Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Milford Township - 13,309 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryce in 2 storm reports in 2008: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Bryce | $25,000 | Roads were reported flooded in Milford during the evening. By 740 pm, several roads were closed due to flooding with 3 to 4 inches of flowing water. Part of the roadway was washed away just west of Chapel Bridge with holes up to 6 feet deep. Six inches of rainfall was measured four miles west of Milford in just 2 hours. Route 1 viaduct at Milford was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Bryce | - | After heavy rain and flash flooding during the evening of May 30th, flooding continued for much of May 31st. A viaduct along Route 1 in Milford remained full and impassible. |
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 Bryce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4980652 | 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 422509. 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.