BlockDorans, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Humboldt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61938. The Survey maps it on the Humboldt quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Humboldt quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,514 words on this townshipThe History of Coles County, Illinois ... Map of Coles County; History of Illinois ... History of Northwest ... Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Humboldt Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Humboldt Township - 1,514 words.
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dorans in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorans | $30,000 | A mobile home was blown over along US-45 2 miles north of Mattoon. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Dorans | - | A tornado began near county roads 1100N and 500E, approximately 3.5 miles north of Mattoon. It snapped 11 power poles, strewing debris into the field to the east-northeast. The tornado tracked east-northeast, but quickly dissipated about one mile west of US Route 45. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorans | - | A farm outbuilding had a portion of its roof blown off. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cooks Mills | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mattoon | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Loxa | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lipsey | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Country Club Estates | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lane Acres | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Rolling Green | 6.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Dorans | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5297528 | 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 407317. 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.