BlockHitt, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elkhorn Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61051. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hazelhurst quadrangle. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1930 USGS Woodsung quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Hazelhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
560 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Elkhorn Grove Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Elkhorn Grove Township - 560 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hitt: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrer Quarry Protable #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eller Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shank Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hitt in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Hitt | - | Funnel cloud reported north of Milledgeville, IL. Time and location estimated from radar data. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitt | - | Law enforcement reported a power pole blown down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitt | - | Two large tree branches blown down. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hitt | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hitt | - | A public report was received via Facebook of hail roughly 2 inches in diameter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Grove | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| South Elkhorn | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Milledgeville | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hazelhurst | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Chadwick | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lanark | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kittredge | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fair Haven | 10.8 miles | 11 |
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 Q5872641 | 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 410321. 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.