Marblehead, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Fall Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62305. It lies near Beebe Island. The Survey maps it on the Marblehead quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1925 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Marblehead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Marblehead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Marblehead in 1999, burning about 238 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 November 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 238 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Marblehead: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry-3 Calcium Carbonate Co. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Adams Quarry Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Black White Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calcium Carbonate Mills | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marblehead Lime Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marblehead Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Menke Quary | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry-2 Calcium Carbonate Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marblehead in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Marblehead | - | Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell across portions of Adams County causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including some in Quincy. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Marblehead | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. There was fast running water over several roads around the intersection of South 30th Street and Fox Run West. Depth was unknown. Also, there was fasting moving water over the intersection of Illinois Route 96 and St. Anthony Road due to Mill Creek flowing out of its banks in that location. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Marblehead | - | Up to seven inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding, especially on the south side of Quincy. There were two water rescues. One motorist was stranded on top of their vehicle roof in the 1300 block of Seminary Road. Also, another motorist was stranded in her vehicle at 33rd and Broadway. Otherwise, a number of other streets were flooded and Curtis Creek was well out of its banks. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehead | - | Storm spotters reported trees down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Marblehead | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Marblehead | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Marblehead | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marblehead | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Estates | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| South Crest | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cherry Lane Estates | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sunnybrook Meadows | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Southern View | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| South Park Terrace | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside Manor | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Melrose | 5.0 miles | 18 |
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 Marblehead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1155841 | 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 412983. 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.
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.







