BlockJamaica, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Jamaica Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61841. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sidell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Newman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Sidell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Sidell quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
53 words on this townshipHistory of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 names this settlement in its chapter on Jamaica Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
These fifteen divisions of Vermilion County remained all there were until 1890 when Jamaica township was formed. This new township was made from Catlin, Sidell and Vance townships. The division came long after any important history of the section was enacted, and all that has transpired since has been of but passing interest.
Passage source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
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 Jamaica: 1 plant. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamaica in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamaica | $30,000 | A grain silo was destroyed about 1 mile north of Jamaica on 600 East Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamaica | - | An old township building was blown off its foundation. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamaica | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Jamaica | - | Brief heavy rain fell causing several roads in Jamaica to become flooded. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamaica | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Jamaica | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Jamaica | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Jamaica | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Jamaica | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 411025. 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.