Imbs, Illinois
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Stookey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62260. It stands on Hickman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cahokia quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Cahokia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Imbs in 2009, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 255 FOREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Imbs: 3 past producers, 3 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Casper Stolle Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Columbia Quarry & Mill #9 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Columbia Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| East St. Louis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krause #1 Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| T.W. Stolle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imbs in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imbs | - | Thunderstorm winds caused intense and highly localized damage between the intersection of Imbs Station Road and Wagner Road and the intersection of Imbs Station Road and Illinois Route 163. Several power lines were blown down, as well as several trees uprooted, and damage to a couple of sheds. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Imbs | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Imbs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillman | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Westview | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Stolle | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Centerville Station | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Falling Spring | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Bluffside | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Crest Hill | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Siding | 3.6 miles | 21 |
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 Imbs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687603 | 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 426381. 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.
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.













