BlockGreen Creek, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Douglas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62401. It stands on East Branch Green Creek. The Survey maps it on the Effingham North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Effingham North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Effingham North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Green Creek in 2010, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1087 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Creek in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Green Creek | $300,000 | An extended period of heavy rain during the late evening of December 26th in northwest Effingham County combined with an already saturated ground to produce flash flooding. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2.75 to 4.00 inches in less than six hours. Most rural roads and state highways were flooded and impassable northwest of Interstate 70. Beecher City, Altamont and Shumway were the most impacted with flooded streets and basements. Several streets were also flooded in the city of Effingham. The flooding continued through all of December 27th. Additional rainfall of 2.40 to 3.00 from December 28th into the 29th aggravated the flooding situation significantly and spread into the remainder of the county. Every rural road and most state highways were flooded for nearly four days. The flood water finally subsided by the afternoon of December 31st. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Creek | $12,000 | Several large tree branches were blown down across highway 9 about 3 miles north of Effingham. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Creek | $10,000 | A semi trailer was blown over on I-57 at mile marker 165 northeast of Effingham. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Green Creek | - | The Fire Department rescued a motorist whose vehicle stalled in flood waters on East 1800th Avenue near the Wild Oaks Subdivision. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Green Creek | - | An extended period of heavy rain during the late evening of December 26th in northwest Effingham County combined with an already saturated ground to produce flash flooding. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2.75 to 4.00 inches in less than six hours. Most rural roads and state highways were flooded and impassable northwest of Interstate 70. Beecher City, Altamont and Shumway were the most impacted with flooded streets and basements. Several streets were also flooded in the city of Effingham. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teutopolis | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Effingham | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shumway | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ewington | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Montrose | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Evers | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Funkhouser | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Heartville | 10.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409377. 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.