BlockDiamond City, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1982. It stands in McLeansboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62859. It lies near Radio Hill. The Survey maps it on the McLeansboro quadrangle.
On record in Diamond City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Aaron G. Cloud Houselisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
St. James Episcopal Churchlisted 1995 · 0.9 miles away
Cloud State Banklisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Chalon Guard and Emma Blades Cloud Houselisted 2009 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1942 USGS McLeansboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS McLeansboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS McLeansboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
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 Diamond City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Hwy Dept Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamond City in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diamond City | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on power lines. Multiple trees were downed onto state roads and a utility pole was blown down. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Diamond City | $5,000 | A vehicle was stuck in water on IL-14 at Ten Mile Rd around the time rainfall rates peaked at around 0.75'' in 15 minutes. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diamond City | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down onto a fence to the west of McLeansboro. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLeansboro | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hoodville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Flint | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Delafield | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Nipper Corner | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Thackeray | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jefferson City (historical) | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Piopolis | 6.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 407176. 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.