BlockLa Grange, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cooperstown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62378. The Survey maps it on the Cooperstown quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
On record in La Grange
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
La Grange Lock and Dam Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1928 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grange in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2013: 3 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | La Grange | $5,000 | The Illinois River At La Grange set a new record reaching 34.50 feet on April 27th. The river remained above flood stage into May. Agriculture lowland damage was the only know damage. |
| May 2013 | Flood | La Grange | $2,000 | The Illinois River at LaGrange remained in flood at major flood levels in early May, dropping below flood stage on the 22nd at 0600 CST. The river then rose again into flood on the on the 28th and continued in flood into June. |
| June 2013 | Flood | La Grange | $1,000 | The Illinois River started June in flood and hit major flood levels cresting on the 6th. The river then slowly fell dropping below flood stage on the 23rd. Damage was minimal. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grange | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperstown | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ripley | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Versailles | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gilbirds | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hersman | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Jaques | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Sterling | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Morrelville | 15.5 miles | 11 |
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 La Grange | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6462869 | 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 411637. 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.
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.