BlockHadley, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Hadley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62312. The Survey maps it on the Baylis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Baylis quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Baylis quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
476 words on this townshipWith The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 names this settlement in its chapter on Hadley Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
No working organization was effected in Hadley Township, as most of the work was done in conjunction with the Barry Township Unit. The committee, however, which was appointed to help in the work in our unit was as follows: Mrs. Mary McDaniel, Mrs. Eliza Sykes, Mrs. Mabel Hull, Mrs. Chas. Shelley, Mrs. Anna Gleckler, Mrs. Minnie Kerr, Mrs. Gladys McCarl, Miss Faye McTucker. ,
Passage source: With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hadley between 2009 and 2010, burning about 56 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BOOKER |
| 4 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | FESLER |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WESTFALL |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WASHKO |
| 7 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 108811 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hadley: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Quarry #14w. Ill. Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hadley Plant No. 22 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hadley in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Hadley | 1 killed | Up to three inches of rain fell in about a two hour time period causing localized flash flooding on Hadley Creek, about 2 miles north northeast of Barry. Hadley Creek was overflowing the low water crossing on 275th Street. A car was driven into the flood waters at the low water crossing and stalled out. The passenger was swept downstream and drowned. The driver was able to make it to dry land. Rescue crews found her body about 1500 feet down stream from the location where the car stalled about 3 hours later. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hadley | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hadley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Philadelphia | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Barry | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Baylis | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| El Dara | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| New Salem | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Taylor | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Canton | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fishhook | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422769. 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.