BlockCruse, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oskaloosa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62838. The Survey maps it on the Oskaloosa quadrangle. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Edgewood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cruse in 2010, burning about 4 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 December 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PIERSON |
| 20 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BAILEY |
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 Cruse: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iola Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cruse in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 10 flash flood, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Cruse | $9,000,000 | Numerous thunderstorms produced 3 to 6 inches of rain on already saturated ground in nearly all of Clay County. Major flash flooding was reported in the town of Xenia and the city of Flora, where several people were evacuated from their flooded homes. Several water rescues were made for stranded motorists in and near Flora. In the northwest part of the county from Iola to Hord all roads were closed, including U.S. Highway 45. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Heavy rainfall rates of 1.00 inch per hour for three hours before daybreak resulted in flash flooding in southern Clay County, and renewed flash flooding in areas southeast of Clay City. Many rural roads were impassable and streets were flooded in Louisville and Flora. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Cruse | - | Heavy rainfall rates of 1.00 inch per hour for three hours before daybreak resulted in flash flooding in southern Clay County, and renewed flash flooding in areas southeast of Clay City. Many rural roads were impassable and streets were flooded in Louisville and Flora. The rain began to taper off by the late morning of June 12th, however, the flooding did not subside until the afternoon hours. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.00 to 2.00 inches during the early morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Clay County. Officials reported that most rural roads were impassable, streets in Flora were flooded and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Cruse | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.00 to 2.00 inches during the early morning hours of May 4th, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Clay County. Officials reported that most rural roads were impassable, streets in Flora were flooded and numerous creeks rapidly flooded. Additional rainfall of 0.50 to 1.00 inch later in the day May 4th into May 5th caused creeks and roads to stay flooded for nearly 24 hours. Flood waters subsided by the afternoon on May 5th. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Cruse | - | Rain amounts of 2.50 to 5.00 inches in about a three hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Clay County. Several streets in Lewistown and Flora were closed due to high water. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly in the northern part of the county from Iola to Bible Grove, and on U.S. Highway 45 from Hord to Louisville. An additional 1.00 to 1.50 inches of rain occurred on April 30th, keeping many roads and creeks flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the late morning hours of May 1st. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | The third heavy rain event to occur in less than two weeks resulted in rapid flash flooding in northern Clay County. Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.50 to 2.00 inches during the late evening of May 10th in areas where ditches were already full of water and soils were saturated. Numerous rural roads were closed from Bible Grove through Ingraham to Sailor Springs and Louisville. Parts of U.S. Highway 45 were covered with water from Louisville to the Effingham County line. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Cruse | - | The third heavy rain event to occur in less than two weeks resulted in rapid flash flooding in northern Clay County. Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.50 to 2.00 inches during the late evening of May 10th in areas where ditches were already full of water and soils were saturated. Numerous rural roads were closed from Bible Grove through Ingraham to Sailor Springs and Louisville. Parts of U.S. Highway 45 were covered with water from Louisville to the Effingham County line. An additional 0.50 to 0.75 inch of rain during the early morning hours of May 11th kept flood waters from receding until the early afternoon. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Cruse | - | Rain amounts of 2.50 to 5.00 inches in about a three hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Clay County. Several streets in Lewistown and Flora were closed due to high water. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly in the northern part of the county from Iola to Bible Grove, and on U.S. Highway 45 from Hord to Louisville. An additional 1.00 to 1.50 inches of rain occurred on April 30th, keeping many roads and creeks flooded. As a result, areal flooding continued until the late morning hours of May 1st. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Rain amounts of 2.50 to 5.00 inches in about a three hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Clay County. Several streets in Lewistown and Flora were closed due to high water. Numerous rural roads, highways and creeks in the county were flooded, particularly in the northern part of the county from Iola to Bible Grove, and on U.S. Highway 45 from Hord to Louisville. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 2.00 to 3.00 inches of rain in 90 minutes during the evening of July 1st in northwest Clay County. The ground was already saturated from periods of heavy rainfall in late June, so flash flooding developed quickly. Most rural roads from just northwest of Iola to the Fayette County line were impassable through the late evening. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Slow moving thunderstorms, which produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain on already saturated ground from the late evening of May 31st through the night, resulted in flash flooding across all of Clay County which continued into the early afternoon of June 1st. The flash flooding made many rural roads impassable, and flooded numerous streets in the city of Flora. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Cruse | - | Numerous thunderstorms produced 3 to 6 inches of rain on already saturated ground in nearly all of Clay County. Major flash flooding was reported in the town of Xenia and the city of Flora, where several people were evacuated from their flooded homes. Several water rescues were made for stranded motorists in and near Flora. In the northwest part of the county from Iola to Hord all roads were closed, including U.S. Highway 45. Due to the magnitude of the flash flooding, most creeks and roads remained flooded through the night of June 23rd into the early morning of June 24th. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain on already saturated ground from late evening through the night across all of Clay County. This rapidly produced flash flooding which made many rural roads impassable, and flooded numerous streets in the city of Flora. The flash flooding continued through the night, and into June 1st. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Thunderstorms with intense rainfall produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain in one hour during the late afternoon in northwest Clay County. Creeks rapidly spread out of their banks and numerous rural roads were flooded. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Cruse | - | Heavy rain of 2.50 to 4.00 inches within two to three hours produced significant flash flooding of most roads across Clay County. Many rural roads were closed to traffic due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iola | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Oskaloosa | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Riffle | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel (historical) | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hord | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Louisville | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hoosier | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bible Grove | 12.8 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5190171 | 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 422593. 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.