BlockFrederick, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Frederick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62639. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beardstown quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1926 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Beardstown SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
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 Frederick: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammitt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Coal Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leland Jacobs Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frederick in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frederick | $25,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down from Frederick to Browning. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frederick | $20,000 | Numerous tree branches up to 15 inches in diameter were snapped off. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frederick | - | Tree branches up to eight inches in diameter were blown down from near Frederick to Sheldon's Grove along Illinois Route 100. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frederick | - | Several large trees were blown down along Route 100. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Frederick | - | Bands of thunderstorms produced 2.50 to 4.00 of rain on saturated ground across much of Schuyler County. The heaviest rainfall and most significant flooding was in southwest Schuyler County, west of the town of Camden. Numerous rural roads were flooded between Rushville and Camden, and several streets in Rushville were impassable. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frederick | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Frederick and Browning. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Frederick | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Browning | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bader | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rushville | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sugar Grove | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ray | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sheldons Grove | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Oakland Center | 12.1 miles | 15 |
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 Frederick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5497200 | 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 408710. 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.