Gallagher, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Decker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62868. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Olney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Noble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gallagher in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fransonia (historical) | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Elbow | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wynoose | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Seminary | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Schnell | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Noble | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown (historical) | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Parkersburg | 6.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422725. 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.




