BlockEnright, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Gridley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61744. The Survey maps it on the Gridley 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.
- 1926 USGS Normal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Normal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gridley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
7,746 words on this townshipThe Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois : Containing Two Hundred and Sixty-one Sketches of Old Settlers, a Complete Historical Sketch of the Black Hawk War and Descriptions of All Matters of Interest Relating to McLean County, published 1874 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Gridley Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Gridley Township - 7,746 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Enright in 2008, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2008-12 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Enright: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Fertilizer Co. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Panola Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enright in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 5 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Enright | - | Torrential rainfall of 2.00 to 4.00 inches was reported within 90 minutes during the evening hours in northern McLean County. Many streets were flooded within the city of Normal, which resulted in a handful of water rescues. Numerous rural roads were impassable, particularly along and north of county highway 8. Interstate 55 had standing water on it between Lexington and Chenoa. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Enright | - | Torrential rainfall of 2.00 to 4.00 inches was reported within 90 minutes during the evening hours in northern McLean County. Many streets were flooded within the city of Normal, which resulted in a handful of water rescues. Numerous rural roads were impassable, particularly along and north of county highway 8. Interstate 55 had standing water on it between Lexington and Chenoa. Additional rainfall overnight resulted in many roads remaining flooded into the morning hours of June 18th. The flooding finally subsided by late morning. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Enright | - | A band of thunderstorms produced nearly 3.00 of rain in less than two hours in extreme northern McLean County during the afternoon of June 18th. This resulted in rapid flash flooding of rural roads, which persisted until early evening. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Enright | - | Very heavy rainfall of 2.50 to 3.00 inches between 1800 and 1900 CST resulted in rapid flash flooding in a small part of northwest McLean County. County Road 8 near the north edge of Lake Bloomington and County Road 29 south of Gridley were inundated with water 12 to 18 inches deep. These roads, as well as several rural roads, were closed for nearly three hours. The water receded quickly and the flooding ended by late evening. |
| February 2014 | Flash Flood | Enright | - | Rainfall of 0.50 to 1.00 combined with 3 to 7 of snow depth and a frozen ground to produce flash flooding across most of McLean County. Many streets in Bloomington and Normal were flooded and most rural roads were impassable. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Enright | - | Heavy rain of 2.00 to 3.00 inches within two hours produced significant flash flooding of most roads in extreme northern McLean County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gridley | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Meadows | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Clarksville | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hudson | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Timber Ridge | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lexington | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Towanda | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kerrick | 12.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422674. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.