BlockLowder, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Talkington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62692. The Survey maps it on the Virden North quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Virden North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Virden North quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowder in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lowder | $63,000 | The tornado crossed into Sangamon County from Morgan County. The tornado damaged a pole barn, house and several trees, and destroyed a garage and another pole barn, and snapped several trees and power poles. The tornado traveled for another mile across open farmland before dissipating 8 miles west-southwest of Auburn around 7:25 pm. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowder | $60,000 | Empty train cars were blown over near Lowder. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowder | $20,000 | Power lines were blown down at IL-104 and Johns Creek Road west of Auburn. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowder | - | Wind damage occurred to a few trees, a flag pole, and house shingles and siding. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Lowder | - | Heavy rainfall rates of 2.00 per hour for nearly two hours resulted in flash flooding across southern Sangamon County. Most rural roads were impassable due to the heavy rain. Nearly three feet of standing water flooded the football and baseball fields at Pawnee High School. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Lowder | - | Rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour for two hours, from slow moving thunderstorms, produced flash flooding in several locations of southern Sangamon County. Nearly 7.00 inches of rain was reported in rural areas about 4 miles south of Loami. Numerous rural roads were inundated. In addition, numerous streets in the city of Chatham were flooded and impassible. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Lowder | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmon (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Compro | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tower Heights | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thayer | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Auburn | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Maxwell (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Irwins Park | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Loami | 8.6 miles | 12 |
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 Lowder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6693093 | 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 412703. 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.