BlockKemper, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ruyle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62063. The Survey maps it on the Medora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1925 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Medora quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kemper in 2007, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kemper in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Kemper | - | No damage was found but there was a trained spotter report of a brief tornado touchdown approximately nine tenths of a mile west of Kemper, just north of Appletree Road N. The approximate path length is 0.02 miles. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | - | Several trees were blown down along Highway 67. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | - | Local law enforcement reported large tree limbs down in Kemper. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Kemper | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kemper | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kemper | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemper | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bowman (historical) | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jerseyville | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Delhi | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Piasa | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| New Delhi | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| McClusky | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| East Newbern | 16.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422866. 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.