BlockHanson, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Oconee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62080. The Survey maps it on the Ramsey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1944 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hanson in 2014, burning about 5 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 | 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 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 0014-30 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanson in 2 storm reports in 2015: 1 flood, 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 2015 | Flood | Hanson | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 on already saturated ground. Many rural roads in the central part of Shelby County were impassable. Extensive flooding was reported on roads adjacent to Lake Shelbyville and the Moultrie County line. The periods of rainfall persisted through all of June 19th and into June 20th. This caused roadways to remain flooded. The flooding subsided by the morning of June 20th. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Hanson | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 on already saturated ground. Many rural roads in the central part of Shelby County were impassable. Extensive flooding was reported on roads adjacent to Lake Shelbyville and the Moultrie County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconee | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Herrick | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Williamsburg (historical) | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Williamsburg Hill | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Westminster (historical) | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cowden | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lakewood | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tower Hill | 14.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422781. 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.