BlockFairbanks, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Lowe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61937. The Survey maps it on the Cadwell 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.
- 1935 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadwell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Cadwell quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairbanks in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairbanks | $24,000 | Four power poles were blown down along Illinois Route 133 about 3 miles west of Arthur. People were trapped in cars by the downed lines: however, no injuries were reported. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairbanks | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Fairbanks | - | Rain amounts of 2.50 to 3.50 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Moultrie County. Several streets in Sullivan were impassable, as were numerous rural roads and highways in the southern part of the county near the Shelby County line. Additional rain around 0.50 to 1.00 inch, which occurred during the morning hours of the 30th, kept many roads flooded. Areal flooding continued until the early morning hours of May 1st. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Fairbanks | - | Rain amounts of 2.50 to 3.50 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Moultrie County. Several streets in Sullivan were impassable, as were numerous rural roads and highways in the southern part of the county near the Shelby County line. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Fairbanks | - | Rain amounts of 2.50 to 3.50 inches in about a two hour period during the evening hours, on already saturated ground, resulted in flash flooding across much of Moultrie County. Several streets in Sullivan were impassable, as were numerous rural roads and highways in the southern part of the county near the Shelby County line. Additional rain around 0.50 to 1.00 inch, which occurred during the morning hours of the 30th, kept many roads flooded. Areal flooding continued until the early morning hours of May 1st. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Fairbanks | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall produced 2.00 to 3.00 of rain in northern Moultrie County during the pre-dawn hours of June 27th. Several rural roads were flooded and impassable as a result of the rainfall accumulations. Streets were also flooded in Lovington, and standing water was reported along parts of U.S. Highway 36 and Illinois Routes 32 and 133. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422684. 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.
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.