BlockGeff, Illinois
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lamard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62842. The Survey maps it on the Geff quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1948 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Geff quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Geff in 2002, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 Geff: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geff in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geff | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geff | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were downed over a road in Jeffersonville as a thunderstorm line moved eastward across Wayne County. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geff | $10,000 | A garage was flattened. Tree limbs and power lines were down in the area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geff | $10,000 | A tree and a power pole blew down at Cisne. Just north and northwest of Geff, shingles were blown off and fences were down. |
| April 2022 | Flood | Geff | - | Water started to come over Highway 45 and other nearby roads that typically experience water problems near Jeffersonville. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Geff | - | Some water was over U.S. Highway 45 in a flood-prone spot. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geff | - | A trained spotter reported the severe winds persisted for up to ten minutes. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Geff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Estates | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fairfield | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cisne | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Covington | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Boyleston | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Enterprise | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cincinnati | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Campbell | 6.6 miles | 8 |
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 Q33438054 | 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 408937. 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.