BlockHuntsville, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Huntsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62344. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1946 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Camden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 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 Huntsville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Creek Clay Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntsville in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Lightning | Huntsville | 1 hurt | A lightning strike injured a person in Huntsville in Schuyler County. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | $77,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused considerable damage in Schuyler county. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blow down. Also, thousands of acres of corn were laid down by the winds. Crop damage was estimated around $2 million. In Rushville, one unoccupied truck was damaged when a tree fell onto it. Property damage was estimated around $77,000. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | $20,000 | Several small trees were blown down at the Weinberg King State Fish and Wildlife Area. A few larger trees were knocked down along Highway 101 east of Augusta near the Schuyler/Hancock County line. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | $15,000 | Tree branches were blown down in the towns of Huntsville, Camden, and Rushville. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | $10,000 | The roof of a house was damaged in Huntsville. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | $50 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Huntsville | - | Nickle to quarter size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Huntsville | - | Hail caused automobile damage. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Huntsville | - | A landspout briefly touched down in a field northwest of Huntsville. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | - | Numerous tree limbs and several small trees were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Huntsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindale | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Birmingham | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Camden | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brooklyn | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wayland | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Erwin | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts Mill | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hale Ridge (historical) | 11.6 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 Huntsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5945827 | 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 410702. 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.