BlockBurrowsville, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Cerro Gordo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61929. The Survey maps it on the La Place quadrangle.
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.
- 1955 USGS Bement quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS La Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS La Place quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,856 words on this townshipHistory of Piatt County; Together with a Brief History of Illinois from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time, published 1883; Past and Present of Piatt County, Illinois : Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and Influential Citizens, published 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cerro Gordo Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cerro Gordo Township - 8,856 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burrowsville in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burrowsville | $10,000 | Semi trailer was blown off US-36. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422521. 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.