BlockCruger, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cruger Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61530. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1928 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Mackinaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cruger between 2010 and 2013, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WOODFORD |
| 23 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | COLLETT |
| 7 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 71064 |
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 Cruger: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Rokey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quast Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schroeder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cruger in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Cruger | - | There was 6 inches of standing water on Route 24 in Eureka. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cruger | - | Power lines were blown down near Lake Road and 1200 East just southwest of Eureka. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Cruger | - | A band of thunderstorms with very heavy rain produced 1.50 of rain in less than one hour in central Woodford County. Significant street flooding was reported in Eureka and Roanoke, parts of State Routes 116 & 117 and U.S. Highway 24 were inundated, and several rural roads were impassable during the late evening due to the accumulated water. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Cruger | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Metamora | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Goodfield | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hickory Point | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Roanoke | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Farmsville (historical) | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mackinaw Dells | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bowling Green (historical) | 8.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422592. 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.