BlockGrays Corner, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Denison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62439. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grays Corner between 2008 and 2010, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SEWARD |
| 29 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GARDNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays Corner in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Corner | $10,000 | A 75mph wind gust was measured at the Mt. Carmel AWOS. Six roof panels were blown off a building at the airport. Based on radar data, a microburst likely caused the damage. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Corner | - | Doors on the airport hangers at the Mount Carmel Airport were blown in. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Corner | - | A 59 mph gust was measured by the AWOS at the Mount Carmel Airport (KAJG). |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Corner | - | Measured thunderstorm wind gust at the Mount Carmel Airport. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Barrens | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Billett | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgeport | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Grisold (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Francisville | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lawrenceville | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Jackson | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 6.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409356. 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.
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.