BlockMoriah, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62420. The Survey maps it on the Moriah quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Annapolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moriah quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Moriah quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Moriah: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mengel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Casey | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Casey South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lehigh Main Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moriah in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Moriah | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced 4.00 to 6.00 inches of rain in less than three hours during the morning. This resulted in the flash flooding of many rural roads north of I-70 to the Clark/Edgar County line. Roads were also flooded east of the town of Casey. The flash flooding subsided by late morning. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Moriah | - | Heavy rainfall amounts of 3.00 to 6.00 inches during the evening hours of July 29th produced flash flooding in southeast and extreme southern Clark County. Many rural roads, as well as State Highway 1 south of Marshall to the Crawford County line, were impassable due to the accumulated water. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Moriah | - | Rainfall amounts of 2.00 to 2.50 overnight fell on already saturated ground. This resulted in flash flooding in a small part of southern Clark County. Several rural roads were impassable as a result of the heavy rain and flooding. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Moriah | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Moriah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogue Town | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Point | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Moonshine | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Neadmore | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Orange | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Casey | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cumberland | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Weir | 8.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q6912137 | 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 413826. 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.
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.