BlockIdeal, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61285. The Survey maps it on the Fair Haven quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Morrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fair Haven quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
13,429 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on York Township covers the township.
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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 Ideal: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graharing Quarryrein,Schultz,Dahl | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ideal in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ideal | $25,000 | Winds estimated to be 70 mph blew a tree onto a house near the intersection of Hartman Road and Ideal Road about 4 miles southwest of Chadwick, IL at 10:10 am June 8. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Ideal | - | Confirmed tornado heading towards Chadwick. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ideal | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph flattened a corn field about 3 miles west southwest of Chadwick, IL around 548 pm June 27. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argo Fay | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fair Haven | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Daggett (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chadwick | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Burke | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Thomson | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wacker | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Ebner | 7.0 miles | 18 |
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 Q14687587 | 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 422976. 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.