BlockLaura, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Millbrook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61451. The Survey maps it on the Laura quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Elmwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Elmwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Laura quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
1,760 words on this townshipThe History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Millbrook Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Millbrook Township - 1,760 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Laura between 2004 and 2019, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018220 |
| 3 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019153 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018187 |
| 1 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018127 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laura in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laura | $15,000 | Several large tree branches were blown down northwest of Laura. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laura | $3,000 | Two large trees were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laura | - | Several large trees were uprooted and one was snapped at the base. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Laura | - | The tornado began in Monica, damaging a couple of roofs and trees in that area. It then progressed south of Princeville, damaging several large trees before dissipating along W Drive south of Princeville. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Laura | - | A landspout tornado developed, as a gustnado on an outflow boundary spun-up and connected with a convergence line funnel, in a field northwest of Princeville. The landspout tracked slowly to the west-northwest for 4 minutes before dissipating. No damage was reported. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Laura | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Laura | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Laura | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Laura | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Laura | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Laura | - | 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 Laura | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6498551 | 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 411849. 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.