BlockFountain Creek, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fountain Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60924. The Survey maps it on the Claytonville quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1939 USGS Cissna Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Cissna Park quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Claytonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fountain Creek in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Creek | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Fountain Creek | - | This tornado originated in Vermillion County south of the town of Rankin east of N 2800E Rd and north of 3700 N Rd. The tornado tracked northeastward crossing into Iroquois County just west of N 1600 East Rd. The storm then dissipated about 8 miles later north of the town of Wellington just east of E 400 North Rd at N 2300 East Rd. While in Vermillion County, the tornado destroyed a couple of sheds and farm outbuildings, uprooted a number of trees, and did some roof damage to a home. In Iroquois County, a few trees were damaged along with the roofs of a couple of outbuildings. |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Fountain Creek | - | This is a continuation of a tornado that began in Champaign County (NWS Central Illinois) and tracked across Vermilion County before entering the NWS Chicago county warning area in southern Iroquois County. Three homes had minor damage to either outbuildings or large trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claytonville | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Goodwine | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hickman | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Alonzo | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cissna Park | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pitchin | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wellington | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bryce | 8.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q5474694 | 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 422709. 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.