BlockHouston, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Baldwin precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62286. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1912 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Houston: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph County Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Houston in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Houston | $30,000 | Heavy rain caused several feet of water over County Road 18, leading to a vehicle becoming submerged. The occupant was safe. Route 4 north of Sparta also had water over the roadway. During the event, up to 4.5 inches of rain fell in Randolph County. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston | - | Two campers were rolled over and multiple more campers were damaged at the World Shooting Complex north of Sparta as a result of severe microburst winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston | - | Widespread damage in the eastern half of Randolph County. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Houston, Sparta and Coulterville. In Steeleville, a couple of power poles were blown down. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several corn fields. Also, about a mile northeast of Houston, a farm outbuilding's roof was blown off by downburst winds estimated to be around 80 mph. |
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.
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 Houston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60746764 | 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 410601. 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.