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Moccasin, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Moccasin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62414. The Survey maps it on the Beecher City quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Moccasin within Effingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Moccasin in 2004, burning about 2 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
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 February 2004Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Effingham County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moccasin in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
February 2014Tornado (EF1)Moccasin$80,000A tornado touched down in an open field 4 miles west-southwest of Shumway at 4:54 PM CST. The tornado tracked northeastward, crossing state highway 33 between Shumway and Beecher City. The tornado snapped several power poles as it crossed the highway before dissipating in an open field 3 miles west-northwest of Shumway at 4:56 PM CST.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMoccasin$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs in Moccasin. The limbs caused minor damage to one home, mainly guttering and siding damage, and severely damaged a pickup truck. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated around $1,000.
March 2025HailMoccasin-Hail lasted for approximately five minutes and partially covered the road.
April 2025Flash FloodMoccasin-Several roads were flooded in and around Moccasin.
June 2015Flash FloodMoccasin-Persistent thunderstorms produced 2.00 to 4.00 of rain on extremely saturated ground in a large part of Effingham County. In the town of Altamont, the water was as high as automobile headlights. Many streets in the city of Effingham were flooded, and numerous rural roads in the northern half of the county were impassable.
June 2010Flash FloodMoccasin-Heavy rain with amounts ranging from 1.50 to 2.50 inches was measured within two hours during the evening. Some street flooding was observed in the city of Effingham. However, the biggest impact was to rural roads from Altamont to Watson where flash flooding made them impassable.
June 2010Flash FloodMoccasin-More than 1.50 of rain in one hour produced flash flooding along and northwest of Interstate 70 in Effingham County, including all of the city of Effingham for the second consecutive afternoon. Many streets in Effingham, as well as rural roads northwest of the city, were impassable for a short time during the evening rush hour.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMoccasin-As a severe thunderstorm moved through Effingham county, numerous trees were blown down, some of which fell across roadways in the area. Also, one tree fell onto an unoccupied mobile home in Effingham causing moderate damage. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.

Every storm recorded in Effingham 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
Blue Point3.2 miles15
Beecher City3.2 miles12
Holland4.8 miles15
Altamont5.9 miles15
East Meadows6.0 miles15
Dexter6.0 miles15
Shumway6.2 miles15
Freenanton (historical)6.4 miles15

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 MoccasinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22023320The 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 413693. 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.

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.