BlockEleanor, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Sumner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61453. The Survey maps it on the Monmouth quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1921 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1923 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Monmouth quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,868 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of Warren County, Illinois, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sumner Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sumner Township - 2,868 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Eleanor: 5 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Monmouth Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eleanor in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eleanor | - | Estimated 60 mph winds winds with tree limb damage. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eleanor | - | A trained spotter reports that the tops were snapped out of trees. They estimated the winds of 70 to 75 MPH. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eleanor | - | Tops snapped off of trees, with estimated winds of 70 to 75 mph. Time estimated off of radar. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Eleanor | - | Several city streets in Monmouth were flooded. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eleanor | - | A public report of 4 inch diameter tree branches blown down and flattened young corn was received. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Eleanor | - | Heavy rains during the evening of June 5 resulted in flash flooding of parts of Warren County. Highway 67 north of Monmouth was covered with several inches of water. A creek north of Roseville was out of its banks and inundated a county road. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Eleanor | - | Nickel-sized hail fell 5 miles northwest of Monmouth, IL at 610 am July 21. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eleanor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denny (historical) | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Little York | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Grove (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Woodvale | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gerlaw | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shaw | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Monmouth | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Alexis Junction | 6.6 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 Eleanor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5354206 | 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 407855. 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.