BlockLaurette, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bellflower Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61724. The Survey maps it on the Bellflower quadrangle.
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.
- 1952 USGS Arrowsmith quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bellflower quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Laurette: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Darling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurette in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurette | $100,000 | Several power poles were damaged. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Laurette | $40,000 | A tornado touched down 1.3 miles north of Bellflower at 11:36 PM CDT. The tornado destroyed a machine shed along 3850 E Road before dissipating about 2.8 miles northeast of Bellflower at 11:39 PM CDT. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Laurette | - | A video relayed by broadcast media showed a rope-shaped tornado occurring in a field to the east of Route 54 near Bellflower for about one minute. Further investigation of the video revealed that this brief tornado occurred north of E 300 North Road and west of N 3850 East Road, approximately one mile southwest of Bellflower. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Laurette | - | 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 426591. 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.