BlockLatona, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in North Muddy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62479. The Survey maps it on the Latona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Sailor Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Latona quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latona in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latona | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latona | - | A roof was blown off an old chicken coop. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Latona | - | The third heavy rain event to occur in less than two weeks resulted in rapid flash flooding in southern Jasper County. Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.75 to 2.50 inches during the late evening of May 10th in areas where ditches were already full of water and soils were saturated. Numerous rural roads were closed near Bogota, Sainte Marie, and West Liberty, and water covered parts of Illinois Route 130 between Newton and West Liberty. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Latona | - | The third heavy rain event to occur in less than two weeks resulted in rapid flash flooding in southern Jasper County. Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.75 to 2.50 inches during the late evening of May 10th in areas where ditches were already full of water and soils were saturated. Numerous rural roads were closed near Bogota, Sainte Marie, and West Liberty, and water covered parts of Illinois Route 130 between Newton and West Liberty. An additional 0.50 to 0.75 inch of rain during the early morning hours of May 11th kept flood waters from receding until early in the afternoon. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Latona | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 on already saturated ground. Numerous creeks flooded out of their banks and water overtopped a few bridges. Most rural roads in the southern half of the county were impassable. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Latona | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 on already saturated ground. Numerous creeks flooded out of their banks and water overtopped a few bridges. Most rural roads in the southern half of the county were impassable. The periods of rainfall persisted through the rest of June 19th and into June 20th. This caused roadways and creeks to remain flooded. The flooding subsided by the late morning of June 20th. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Latona | - | Thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall during the evening hours in central and southern Jasper County. Rainfall rates of 2.50 per hour were reported for 60 to 90 minutes. Most streets were flooded in the city of Newton. Rural roads near Ste. Marie were under several inches of flowing water. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Latona | - | Thunderstorms during the late evening hours produced 3.00 to 4.00 of rain on extremely saturated ground. This resulted in rapid flash flooding of creeks and roads in southern Jasper County. Numerous streets in Newton were flooded as a result. In addition, Illinois Route 130 and nearly all rural roads were water covered and impassable. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Latona | - | 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 422899. 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.