BlockCordes, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pilot Knob Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62263. The Survey maps it on the Nashville 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.
- 1931 USGS Hoyleton quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cordes: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Quarry #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cordes in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordes | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two power lines and caused some tree damage at about the middle point between Lively Grove, Oakdale, Addieville, and Nashville. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordes | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a machine shed. The debris was thrown against the garage causing moderate damage to the garage. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Cordes | - | A tornado touched down 2.5 miles west southwest of the entrance to the Washington County Conservation Area on Illinois Route 127 and travelled to the northeast. It snapped off numerous trees and branches before lifting and dissipating four tenths of a mile north of the conservation area entrance. |
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 422580. 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.