BlockDarwin, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Darwin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62477. It stands on Neely Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hutton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1932 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hutton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Hutton quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hutton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hutton quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Darwin: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kuykendall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence East & West Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stanfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darwin in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Darwin | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a machine shed and a barn 4 miles west of Darwin. Two cars in the machine shed were damaged. In Darwin, numerous trees were blown down. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Darwin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ernst | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Walnut Prairie | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| West Union | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Choctaw | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Allright | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| York | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fox Run | 8.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406956. 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.