BlockNew Memphis, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Looking Glass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62266. The Survey maps it on the Venedy quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1910 USGS Okawville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Okawville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Venedy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Memphis: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Memphis Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Memphis in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Hail | New Memphis | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Memphis | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Memphis | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Memphis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Memphis Station | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wertenberg | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Damiansville | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| New Baden | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Albers | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Trenton | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Germantown | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Aviston | 9.6 miles | 11 |
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 New Memphis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7010096 | 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 414445. 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.