BlockHarness, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Prairie Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62682. The Survey maps it on the New Holland quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1948 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS New Holland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
87 words on this townshipHistory of Logan County, Illinois, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Prairie Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Prairie Creek Township - 87 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harness in 1 storm report in 2015: 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 | Flash Flood | Harness | - | Persistent thunderstorms produced 2.00 to 3.00 of rain on very saturated ground. This resulted in flash flooding of numerous secondary roads in west central Logan County. Several rural roads from New Holland to Middletown were closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| New Holland | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Emden | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Burton View | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hartsburg | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Middletown | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bell | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Evans | 12.2 miles | 14 |
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 Harness | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5659719 | 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 422773. 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.
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.