BlockCrain, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Kinkaid Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62907. It lies near Austin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Raddle quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
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 Raddle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Raddle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Crain between 1992 and 2019, burning about 64 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 | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BRIDGE |
| 17 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 19 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK 2 |
| 17 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | HAY BALE |
| 13 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BLUFFS |
| 29 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | SKEETER PARK |
| 18 April 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GORHAM RR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Crain: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County Sand&Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crain in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Crain | $5,000 | Half of the metal roof of a small farm shed was blown off. A large tree and less than a dozen small trees were blown down. A tree and power lines were down on Highway 3. A few signs were blown down. Less than ten percent of the metal roofing and siding was blown off a house. Some wheat less than a foot tall was blown down. A trained spotter and a local resident took photos, but the tornado was very difficult to identify through the rain. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 85 mph. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Crain | - | Several locations along Route 3 from the intersection of Route 151 down to the Union County line were flooding, with water flowing across or standing on the road in low-lying areas. A rainfall total of 2.13 inches was measured at Grand Tower, most of which fell in a couple hours. |
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.
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 Crain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5181784 | 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 422588. 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.