BlockHunter, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Manchester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61011. The Survey maps it on the Belvidere NE quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1918 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Belvidere NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hunter in 2012, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ELICA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Hunter | $100,000 | Very heavy rain fell across Boone County during the evening hours of June 28th. Numerous roads were flooded, closed and impassable due to flash flooding. Many county roads were also flooded and closed. Significant flooding was reported on many roads in Belvidere where there were water rescues from stranded vehicles. Ditches were overflowing onto Genoa Road. Storm total rainfall reports included 4.95 inches 2 miles northwest of Belvidere and 4.70 inches in Belvidere. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hunter | - | A private weather station recorded 3.91 of storm total rain through 6 PM. 1.12 were recorded in a 30-minute period. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | A large, old tree was snapped at its base near Route 76 and Blaine Road. The tree showed evidence of rotting. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Hunter | - | Multiple roads were closed in and around the Popular Grove and Capron areas due to high water. Route 173 was closed due to flooding of Beaver Creek. Rainfall of 4.03 inches was measured in Capron. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Hunter | - | Flooding continued during the morning and afternoon of June 29th after heavy rain and flash flooding during the evening of June 28th. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | A tree was blown down near Hunter Road and Route 76, blocking both lanes. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | A tree was blown down blocking part of a road near Free Church and Manchester Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverton Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Blaine | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Caledonia | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| North Caledonia (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Grove | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Candlewick Lake | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Timberlane | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Capron | 7.2 miles | 16 |
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 Hunter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5944152 | 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 422831. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.