BlockMill Shoals, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Mill Shoals Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62862. The Survey maps it on the Springerton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1941 USGS Enfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Enfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Springerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Shoals in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Shoals | $4,000 | A surging line of storms brought down trees and broke large tree limbs west of Mill Shoals. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Shoals | $4,000 | Siding was blown off the front of a house. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Mill Shoals | - | Ping pong to golf ball size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Mill Shoals | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McIntosh Settlement (historical) | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Burnt Prairie | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Springer Station | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Springerton | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Centerville | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Enfield | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bingman Station | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Milan | 14.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413558. 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.