BlockCheneyville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60942. The Survey maps it on the Ambia quadrangle. It stands 725 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.
- 1933 USGS Hoopeston quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Hoopeston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ambia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
30,917 words on this townshipHistory of Vermilion 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 1879; History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Grant Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Grant Township - 30,917 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cheneyville in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Cheneyville | $3,000,000 | Around 1.00 to 1.75 inches of rain fell onto frozen ground late on February 19th. This set the conditions for rapid flash flooding to occur on February 20th into the 21st when 3.00 to 5.00 of rain occurred. Numerous creeks and streams rapidly flooded in northern and central Vermilion County. Numerous roads in Hoopeston, Bismarck and Danville were impassable. Another 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain from late on February 21st into early February 23rd exacerbated the flooding. The North Fork of the Vermilion River flooded so quickly that 25 homes had to be evacuated by boat in the Morin addition on the west side of Danville early in the morning on February 21st. A person attempting to cross a flooded section of Illinois Route 1, between Hoopeston and Rossville had to be rescued from the roof of their car, also early in the morning on February 21st. The flood waters took more than two days to recede, with much of the flooding ending by the late afternoon of February 23rd. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Cheneyville | - | A storm chaser monitored a landspout tornado that maintained connection to the ground for a total of 15 minutes along a track from eastern Vermilion County in Illinois to northwestern Warren County in Indiana. The landspout tornado crossed the Illinois-Indiana state line at 1723 CST. Video from the storm chaser captured minor damage to tree branches, resulting in an EF0 rating. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coalton | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Heaton | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hoopeston | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| College Corners | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rossville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rossville Junction | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Village of Alvan (Alvin) | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Barlow Park | 11.2 miles | 13 |
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 Cheneyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5091192 | 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 406006. 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.