BlockElba, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1987. It stands in North Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62871. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ridgway quadrangle. It stands 364 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1905 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Ridgway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elba in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elba | $1,000 | Tree limb damage was reported via mPING north of Equality as a storm progressed east-northeastward through Gallatin County. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Elba | - | Widespread flooding occurred along secondary roads throughout the county. A trained spotter just south of Junction measured 8.10 inches with rain still falling. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgway | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Omaha | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| New Market (historical) | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Equality | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Lawler | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Cottonwood | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Inman | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Junction | 8.6 miles | 23 |
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 Elba | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687489 | 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 422659. 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.