BlockHagarstown, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bear Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62471. The Survey maps it on the Hagarstown quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1945 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Hagarstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hagarstown: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Vandalia City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cocaigne Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dugan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lutz Pit and Loading Dock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North American Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Perkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hagarstown in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Hagarstown | $110,000 | At approximately 11:11 PM a tornado began just southwest of Hagarstown, IL in Fayette County and continued northeastward for 13.4 miles through Vandalia, IL before dissipating southwest of Sefton, IL in Fayette County around 11:23 PM. The worst damage occurred northeast of Vandalia, where several trees were uprooted. This tornado was assigned a rating of EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 90 mph. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hagarstown | - | Trees were downed across Illinois Route 140 at 300 Street and just east of Hagarstown. Trees were also downed in the Brownstown area. Additional cities in the path of this storm include Vandalia and Bluff City. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hagarstown | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor to moderate damage to a couple of barns and blew down some power lines. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hagarstown | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hagarstown | - | Storm spotters reported wind gusts around 60 mph and some trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimtown | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Vandalia | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Shafter | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pittsburg | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bluff City | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Shobonier | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Vera | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pinhook (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hagarstown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5638554 | 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 409606. 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.
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.