BlockExeter, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Exeter-Bluffs precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62621. The Survey maps it on the Winchester quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresExeter grew from 65 to 87 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 65 | |
| 2020 | 87 | +22 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Exeter: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Illinois Valley Asphalt Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Illinois Valley Asphalt Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Exeter in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Exeter | $5,000 | Barn roof was damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Exeter | - | Several periods of heavy rain during the evening of July 11th produced total rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 5.50 inches of rain. This resulted in flash flooding which created numerous road closures in the county. This included Illinois Route 100, Illinois Route 106 and most rural roads. Water was also over parts of I-72 and many streets were flooded in Winchester. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Exeter | - | Several periods of heavy rain during the evening of July 11th produced total rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 5.50 inches of rain. This resulted in flash flooding which created numerous road closures in the county. This included Illinois Route 100, Illinois Route 106 and most rural roads. Water was also over parts of I-72 and many streets were flooded in Winchester. Due to additional rainfall and the extent of the flash flooding, many roads remained closed through the early morning hours. The flood waters subsided by late morning on July 12th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffs | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Oxville | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Riggston | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Merritt | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomfield | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Naples | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Columbus (historical) | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Winchester | 6.6 miles | 12 |
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 Exeter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2669232 | 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 408143. 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.