BlockLester, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Foster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62854. It lies near Lowe Mound. The Survey maps it on the Saint Paul quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1945 USGS Kinmundy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Kinmundy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lester in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Lester | - | Up to seven inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over northeastern portions of Marion County. Numerous roads were flooded including 1st Street in Kinmundy and Kinlou Road east of Kinmundy. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lester | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Vermundy Road northwest of Kinmundy. Also, a tree was blown across Illinois Route 37 about a mile north of Alma and several other trees were blown down in Kinmundy. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Lester | - | 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 422909. 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.