BlockEpworth, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hawthorne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62821. The Survey maps it on the Maunie quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1940 USGS Carmi quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Carmi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Maunie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maunie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Epworth: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill Branch Clay Exposure | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Carmi Dredge and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| White County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epworth in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Epworth | $300,000 | A house lost the entire roof, and most windows were broken. A trailer home was blown a couple of feet off its foundation. Two to three grain bins were blown less than a hundred yards away. Utility poles were snapped. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated around 110 mph. The average path width was 100 yards. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $30,000 | A barn was heavily damaged, and two nearby houses sustained some damage. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Epworth | - | Minor flooding occurred along the Little Wabash River. Some county roads were flooded. Low-lying fields around the river were inundated. |
| November 2010 | Heavy Rain | Epworth | - | Water was over several rural back roads around the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmi | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brownsport (historical) | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Milan | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Maunie | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Garnerville | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Elm Grove (historical) | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rising Sun | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crossville | 6.6 miles | 9 |
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 Epworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22034016 | 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 408050. 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.