BlockNortonville, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Murrayville precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62638. It stands on Mooney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nortonville quadrangle.
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.
- 1932 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nortonville in 2011, burning about 50 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | I72 67 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nortonville in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nortonville | $18,000 | Several large tree limbs were blown down causing roof damage to a barn. In addition, a TV antenna was toppled. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Nortonville | - | Broadcast media posted a picture of very large hailstones ranging from 3 to 4 inches in diameter. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Nortonville | - | The large hail knocked out a skylight and beat down crops. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nortonville | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nortonville | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Nortonville | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Nortonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clements | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rees | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Centerville | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Murrayville | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Woodson | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pisgah | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Yeomans | 8.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 414715. 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.