BlockDamon, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pea Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62353. It stands on South Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mount Sterling quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1946 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lake Mt. Sterling quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 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 Damon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Quarry No. 11 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Damon in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Damon | - | Up to seven inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including County Road 775 S about 2 miles south southeast of Mount Sterling. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Damon | - | Up to four inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded. Also, in Mount Sterling, 10 residents of an apartment building had to be evacuated due to flash flooding. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Damon | - | Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were closed due to flooding including County Roads 850N and 1600E between Copperstown and Star Bridge at the Brown/Schuyler county line. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Damon | - | Up to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including County Road 825 west of Cooperstown. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Damon | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded with some having between 6 and 8 inches of flowing water over them, mainly east of Mount Sterling. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timewell | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Sterling | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fargo | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Buckhorn | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hersman | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ripley | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gilbirds | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| White Oak Springs (historical) | 13.8 miles | 12 |
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 Damon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5212794 | 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 422603. 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.