BlockHopper, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Stronghurst Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61480. It stands on Nichols Run. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Oquawka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Oquawka quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Oquawka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopper in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopper | - | Trees and power lines reported down across southern Henderson County, including some trees down on homes. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopper | - | Trees and power lines were blown down across southern Henderson County. Some trees were blown down on homes. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hopper | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olena | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Tree | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Decorra | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Lake (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Carthage Lake | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Heapsville | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Carman | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Shokokon | 5.2 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 Hopper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5901187 | 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 422821. 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.