BlockClark Center, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Auburn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62441. The Survey maps it on the Clark Center quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
On record in Clark Center
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Old Stone Arch Bridgelisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1936 USGS Casey quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Casey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Casey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Clark Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Clark Center quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clark Center: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clark County Pit 3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clark Center in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clark Center | $10,000 | A semi truck was blown over on I-70 at mile marker 141. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clark Center | - | Twelve power poles were broken and numerous power lines were blown down from Clark Center northeastward to the Indiana border. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Clark Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adenmoor | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Oakcrest | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Allright | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Marshall | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Martinsville | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Clarksville | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fox Run | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Choctaw | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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 Clark Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5127169 | 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 406157. 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.
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.