BlockMode, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Holland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62444. The Survey maps it on the Stewardson West quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1947 USGS Stewardson quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Stewardson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Stewardson West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Stewardson West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mode between 2013 and 2014, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1300MA |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13004 |
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 14007 |
| 16 November 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13029 |
| 20 October 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13023 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mode in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mode | $10,000 | A shed was damaged near the town of Mode. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mode | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a shed that was under construction, destroyed another farm shed, tore the roof off of another one, and blew down numerous trees and tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fancher | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Milne | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clarksburg | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Stewardson | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Herborn | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cowden | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| South Strasburg | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Strasburg | 8.5 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 Mode | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6888082 | 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 413695. 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.