BlockClarksdale, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62556. The Survey maps it on the Clarksdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Nokomis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Nokomis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksdale in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksdale | - | A machine shed was destroyed and a small garage was damaged. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Clarksdale | - | A tornado touched down in an open field 3.7 miles east of Palmer at 4:37pm CDT. The tornado traveled southeastward, then dissipated about 5.2 miles east-southeast of Palmer at 4:44pm CDT. No damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Langleyville | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Taylorville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Vanderville | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Jeisyville | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Morrisonville | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kincaid | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Velma | 7.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422557. 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.