BlockCulver, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Athens North No. 2 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62613. The Survey maps it on the Greenview quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1948 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Greenview quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Greenview quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Culver in 2014, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14-0000125 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Culver: 3 past producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culver in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Culver | $450,000 | A tornado touched down in a field 3 miles northeast of Athens at 625 PM CDT. It tracked northward...damaging the roof of a house, destroying a small garage, and damaging several automobiles. Further north, the tornado knocked two trees down onto a house, doing severe damage to its roof and interior walls. It then tipped over a semi-trailer and damaged several trees before dissipating 4.8 miles north-northeast of Athens at 631 PM CDT. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $30,000 | Several trees were blown down near Illinois Route 29 and Indian Point Road. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Culver | $15,000 | A tornado briefly touched down 8 miles east of Petersburg at 8:22 PM CDT. The tornado knocked down several trees and damaged an old barn. An anemometer at the residence where the damage occurred measured a peak wind of 77 mph. The tornado quickly dissipated by 8:23 PM CDT. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $7,000 | Strong winds broke off the top of a couple healthy trees. The winds also caused minor roof damage to an outbuilding and a barn. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | A few trees and tree branches were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Athens | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fancy Prairie | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Tice | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Greenview | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Croft | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Curtis | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Old Salem Chautauqua | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q5193709 | 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 422595. 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.