BlockDisco, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in La Harpe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61450. The Survey maps it on the Burnside quadrangle. It stands 667 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1932 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Lomax quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,314 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on La Harpe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on La Harpe Township - 3,314 words.
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Disco in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Disco | - | Two 18 inch diameter trees snapped off, with numerous tree branches down. One of the worst storms to hit in 78 years of his life. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Disco | - | This reported was relayed by the NWS in Chicago. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Disco | - | The Mississippi River at Gladstone Lock and Dam 18 rose above its major flood stage of 14 feet around 11 AM on May 19th and continue to rise through the end of the month. This flooding event continued into June. |
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.
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 Disco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5281507 | 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 407231. 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.
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.