BlockHumrick, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Love Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61870. The Survey maps it on the Humrick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1947 USGS Ridge Farm quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Humrick quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Humrick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
110 words on this townshipHistory of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Love Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Love Township - 110 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Humrick: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Summit Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humrick in 1 storm report in 2014: 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Humrick | - | Two bands of persistent rain from numerous thunderstorms tracking over the same areas in central and southern Vermilion County produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches in less than two hours during the evening. Numerous rural roads in central and southern Vermilion County were impassable. State Highway 1 from Georgetown to the Edgar County Line and Interstate 74 from mile post 198 to 203 were impacted and traffic was stopped at times. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Olivet | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ridge Farm | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Vermilion Grove | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Meeks | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Georgetown | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Busenville | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 8.4 miles | 20 |
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 Q122560196 | 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 410685. 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.