BlockFairgrange, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Seven Hickory Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61920. The Survey maps it on the Charleston North quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1936 USGS Oakland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Oakland quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oakland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Charleston North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Charleston North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,792 words on this townshipThe History of Coles County, Illinois ... Map of Coles County; History of Illinois ... History of Northwest ... Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Seven Hickory Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Seven Hickory Township - 6,792 words.
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 Fairgrange: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Charleston Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hood & Son S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairgrange in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairgrange | - | Large tree branches were broken. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairgrange | - | Four large power poles were blown down near the intersection of 1800 North and 1500 East. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Fairgrange | - | A slow moving thunderstorm produced more than 2.00 inches of rain in one hour in a small part of central Coles County, between Mattoon and Charleston. The flash flooding was relatively short lived, but numerous rural roads were inundated and impassable. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Fairgrange | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Fairgrange | - | 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.
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 Fairgrange | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5430426 | 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 408153. 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.