BlockEwbanks, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Ellington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62305. The Survey maps it on the Quincy East quadrangle. It stands 715 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1925 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Quincy East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Quincy East quadrangle1:24000
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 Ewbanks: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Meyers Plant No. 8 & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quincy City Public Wks & Bridge Dpt | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ewbanks in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewbanks | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a trampoline over a 15 foot high porch roof and landed in a neighbors yard. Also, numerous tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Ewbanks | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ewbanks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Meadows | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hickory Grove | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bloomfield | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cheshire Hills | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Northbrook | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fowler | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Hills | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| North Quincy | 4.1 miles | 18 |
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 Ewbanks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4533570 | 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 422682. 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.