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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.

Marblehead within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 1999

Regional 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 use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 November 1999Equipment and vehicle use238 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fall Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quarry-3 Calcium Carbonate Co.Limestone, DimensionProducer
Adams Quarry Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Black White Lime CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calcium Carbonate MillsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marblehead Lime Company QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marblehead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Menke QuaryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quarry-2 Calcium Carbonate Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Flash FloodMarblehead-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 2021Flash FloodMarblehead-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 2020Flash FloodMarblehead-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 2000Thunderstorm WindMarblehead-Storm spotters reported trees down.
March 2017HailMarblehead-no account filed
September 2010HailMarblehead-no account filed
January 2008HailMarblehead-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMarblehead-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sheridan Estates3.3 miles18
South Crest4.2 miles18
Cherry Lane Estates4.5 miles18
Sunnybrook Meadows4.7 miles18
Southern View4.7 miles18
South Park Terrace4.9 miles18
Hillside Manor5.0 miles19
Melrose5.0 miles18

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 MarbleheadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1155841The 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.