BlockDunn, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Sullivan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61951. It stands on Dunn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lovington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Sullivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lovington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lovington quadrangle1:24000
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 Dunn: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moultrie Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunn in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Dunn | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field about 2.3 miles east of Bethany at 7:22PM CDT. Crops sustained minor damage before the tornado dissipated. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Dunn | - | Heavy rain of 1.00 to 2.00 inches fell within two hours, on already saturated ground, across parts of southern Moultrie County. This produced extensive flash flooding, particularly on rural roads and streets in the town of Sullivan. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Kirksville | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cushman | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sullivan | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chipps | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lovington | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ullrich | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dalton City | 8.4 miles | 11 |
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 Dunn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60767116 | 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 422642. 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.