BlockCora, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Degognia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62280. The Survey maps it on the Rockwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1916 USGS Campbell Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Campbell Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Rockwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cora between 1995 and 2017, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 390417 |
| 23 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | HOG II |
| 19 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Shawnee National Forest | HOG HILL |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 200217 |
| 16 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 190217 |
| 12 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Shawnee National Forest | HOG HILL |
| 23 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | CAMPBELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cora: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Degonia Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Rockwood Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cora in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Cora | 1 hurt, $75,000 | An EF-1 tornado impacted the the community of Cora in extreme western Jackson County, IL. The tornado began south of Cora where it uprooted a tree in the Mississippi River bottomlands and did roof damage to a nearby barn. Moving north, the tornado did significant tree damage in Cora and did roof, siding, and fascia damage to a few homes. A couple small barns and a carport were destroyed as well. One manufactured home slid about a foot off its foundation. One person caught outside by the tornado was injured by a falling tree limb. The tornado ended immediately north of Cora. Peak winds with this tornado were estimated at 108 mph. |
| February 2017 | Tornado (EF3) | Cora | $6,000,000 | This large tornado entered Jackson County from Randolph County near the community of Rockwood. The tornado originally began near Perryville, Missouri, where it achieved its peak intensity in the EF-4 category. The tornado crossed the entire width of Jackson County, entering the county about two miles from the Mississippi River. The tornado passed just south of Ava, clipped the southern edge of Vergennes, and then passed near the north edge of Elkville before exiting the northeast corner of the county. In Jackson County, the tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF-3 on the south end of Vergennes. Winds estimated near 145 mph destroyed a house. The wood house was not securely anchored to the foundation, and other construction details suggested wind speeds were below the EF-4 category. Elsewhere in Jackson County, the tornado passed through mainly rural farmlands and woods. Thousands of large trees were snapped and uprooted, and dozens of homes and other structures were damaged or destroyed. The tornado remained quite wide, nearly one-third of a mile at times. The average path width in Jackson County was about 600 yards. The tornado continued east-northeast into Franklin County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Ridge | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Degognia | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Glenn | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Raddle | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| West Point | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Dry Hill | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Jacob | 8.9 miles | 28 | |
| Crain | 9.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406578. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.