BlockLane, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61750. It stands on North Fork Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weldon West quadrangle. 95 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1957 USGS Maroa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Weldon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lane: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lane in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane | $25,000 | Two large trees were blown down, one of which fell onto a grain bin. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane | $11,000 | A large tree and several tree branches were blown down about 7 miles east of Clinton. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lane | - | In addition, a large tree branch was blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane | - | Several large tree limbs blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Lane | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lane | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lane | - | 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.
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 Lane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6485327 | 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 411799. 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.