BlockHamburg, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pleasant Mound Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62262. It stands on Avery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Mound quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1932 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Pleasant Mound quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg between 2009 and 2010, burning about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | LINKS |
| 1 April 2010 | Smoking | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WHITE |
| 2 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BROWN |
| 18 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ROACH |
| 6 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JOHN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamburg in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Hamburg | - | Up to four inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Illinois Routes 140 and 127 in places. West Ayers Road at Poke Avenue, just east of Illinois Route 127, had to be completely closed to traffic when the road was washed away when a large culvert gaveaway. Several vehicles became stranded, especially in the Greenville area, so water rescues had to be performed. No injuries were reported because of this. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Mound | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hookdale | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Smithboro | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mulberry Grove | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tamalco | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Durley | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Woburn | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Greenville | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q5644262 | 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 422777. 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.