BlockDuncanville, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Honey Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62454. The Survey maps it on the Flat Rock quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1917 USGS Birds quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Birds quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Flat Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
343 words on this townshipILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Honey Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Honey Creek Township - 343 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Duncanville: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodhope Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Robinson City Eng. Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncanville in 3 storm reports between 2001 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Duncanville | - | Rising water forced the closure of Route 1 north of Flat Rock. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | - | Multiple machine sheds and outbuildings were destroyed near Duncanville just east of Highway 1. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncanville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor shingle damage to one home, blew over a large tree, as well as numerous tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hebron | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gordon | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Rock | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Morea | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Robinson | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Villas | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Palestine | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Crawfordsville (historical) | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Duncanville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5314686 | 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 407490. 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.