BlockFerrin, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meridian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62231. The Survey maps it on the Centralia West quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1914 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Centralia West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ferrin between 2009 and 2017, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HUEY |
| 4 December 2013 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000088 |
| 30 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-0000086 |
| 10 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KNOLHOFF |
| 1 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-0078 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ferrin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferrin in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 tornado. 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 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Ferrin | - | A very brief tornado touched down near Brink Road north of Shattuc. Along its path, the tornado damaged trees, a farm outbuilding, and a grain bin. Debris from both structures was lofted well beyond their original location. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shattuc | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Huey | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hoffman | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Boulder | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Carlyle | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Harbor Light Bay | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Panorama Hills | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Posey | 8.1 miles | 10 |
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 Ferrin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5445359 | 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 408341. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.