BlockHazel Dell, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Crooked Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62428. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Dell quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hazel Dell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hazel Dell quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hazel Dell: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mengel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Casey South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lehigh Main Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazel Dell in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Hazel Dell | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain in about three hours during the late afternoon and early evening of May 29th. This resulted in rapid flash flooding of nearly all rural roads in extreme southern Cumberland County. The most extensive flooding extended from Greenup toward Jewett and just north of Montrose. The flooding subsided in most locations before midnight. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazel Dell | - | A few trees blown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vevay Park | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty Hill | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dees | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Greenup | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Walla Walla | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Timothy | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Union Center | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Maple Point | 9.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Hazel Dell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687532 | 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 409973. 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.